Rhabdophis subminiatus
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Rhabdophis subminiata |
Red-necked Keelback (Rhabdophis subminiatus) is a species of snake. The snake has a greenish hue with red and yellow regions near the head. It grows to about 40 inches (one meter) in length. It generally lives near ponds where it consumes frogs. Although regarded as non-venomous by some, it actually appears to have venom enough to cause a few fatalities.
Distribution:
- Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi ?),
- Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Burma,
- West Malaysia, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal,
- India (Assam ?, Sikkim; Arunachal Pradesh (Chimpu, Itanagar - Papum Pare district) ),
- China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Hong Kong, Hainan)
Race helleri: Bangladesh; Hong Kong; India; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; People's Republic of China; Thailand; N Vietnam.
Type locality: "Java"
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- Boulenger, G.A. 1893 Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
- Bulian,J. 1999 Über die Schlangenfauna eines Gartens in Südthailand. Elaphe 7 (4): 61-67
- Schlegel, H. 1837 Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Généralxxviii +251 S. + Partie Descriptiv606 S. + xvi. La Haye (J. Kips, J. HZ. et W. P. van Stockum)
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