Gonyosoma prasinum

Gonyosoma prasinum

Green trinket snake, Green bush rat snake, Green ratsnake

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Gonyosoma prasinum

Gonyosoma prasinum (green trinket snake, green bush rat snake or green ratsnake) is a species of colubrid snake found in Asia.

Appearance

Rostral a little broader than deep, just visible from above; suture between the internasals a little shorter than that between the prefrontals; frontal as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals; loreal square or longer than deep; one or two preoculars; temporals 1+2 or 2+2; upper labials 9, fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the eye; 5 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as the posterior or a little longer. Scales in 19 rows, the 9 to 11 middle rows feebly keeled m the adult, smooth in the young. Ventrals with a lateral keel, 198 to 206; anal entire or divided; subcaudals 100–107. Uniform bright green above; upper lip and lower surface yellowish or greenish white. Total length 3 feet: tail 9 inches.

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Geography

Its habitat ranges include Bangladesh, India (Darjeeling, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Burma (also known as Myanmar), northern Thailand, west Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam], China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Hainan) and Philippines.

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References

1. Gonyosoma prasinum Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonyosoma_prasinum
2. Gonyosoma prasinum on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/192082/2037579

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