Gonyosoma prasinum

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Green trinket snake
Rhynchophis prasinus - specimen adulte - Menagerie Paris 01.JPG
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Gonyosoma
Species:
G. prasinum
Binomial name
Gonyosoma prasinum
(Blyth, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Coluber prasinusBlyth, 1854
  • Rhadinophis prasinus(Blyth, 1854)
  • Rhynchophis prasinus(Blyth, 1854)
  • Gonyosoma gramineumGünther, 1864

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

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Description

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. [2]

Distribution

Its habitat ranges include Bangladesh, India (Darjeeling, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh,Tripura, Myanmar, northern Thailand, western Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, China (Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan) and Philippines.

Notes

  1. Wogan, G.; Grismer, L.; Chan-Ard, T. (2021). "Gonyosoma prasinum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T192082A149349824. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192082A149349824.en . Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  2. Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.

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