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River Vine Snake

Ahaetulla fronticincta

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Classification

Ahaetulla fronticincta, commonly known as Günther's whipsnake, the Burmese vine snake or the river vine snake, is a species of fish-eating vine snake found in Southeast Asia. Taxonomy It belongs to the genus Ahaetulla, one of five genera within the subfamily Ahaetuliinae. The relationships of Ahaetulla fronticincta to some other Ahaetulla species, and to the other genera within Ahaetuliinae, can be shown in the cladogram below, with possible paraphyletic species noted: Distribution and habitat It is found in bushes and other low vegetation along tidal rivers and mangrove in coastal…

Distribution

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