Ahaetulla mycterizans

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Ahaetuliinae
Genus: Ahaetulla
Species: Ahaetulla mycterizans
Name

Ahaetulla mycterizans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type locality: “America”
Original combination: Coluber mycterizans

Synonyms

Coluber nasutus Lacépède, 1789
Dryophis xanthozonia Boie, 1827 (fide Smith, 1943)
Tragops xanthozonius — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 826
Passerita mycterizans — Günther, 1859: 231
Dryophis xanthozonia — Boulenger, 1896: 180 (fide Smith, 1943)
Ahaetulla mycterizans — Link, 1807
Dryophis xnathozona — Boulenger, 1896: 180 (emendation)
Dryophis mycterizans — Wall, 1908: 783
Dryophis mycterizans — Wall, 1921: 291
Passerita xanthozonia — Smith, 1930
Dryophis mycterizans — Smith, 1943: 376
Dryophis mycterizans — Tweedie, 1950
Ahaetulla mycterizans — Cox et al., 1998: 68

References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 226.
Link, H.F., 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock, zweite Abtheilung.
Cox, Merel J.; Van Dijk, Peter Paul; Jarujin Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt, Kumthorn, 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing, 144 pp.
Ahaetulla mycterizans at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 August 2008.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Malaiische Peitschennatter
English: Malayan Whipsnake
ไทย: งูเขียวหัวจิ้งจกมลายู

Ahaetulla mycterizans, the Malayan green whipsnake[3] or Malayan vine snake,[1] is a slender arboreal snake found in Western Peninsular Malaysia, Java and Sumatra of Indonesia,[4] Singapore, Thailand and possibly Laos up to elevation of 350 m.[3]
Description and ecology

The Malayan green whipsnake is diurnal and mildly venomous. Occurs in primary and mature secondary forests near streams. The diet, like other whip snakes, consists primarily of frogs and lizards. These slow moving snakes often appear like vines amongst foliage and are hard to detect. The anterior part of the body can expand when threatened exposing the dark scales. It is often confused with the oriental whipsnake (Ahaetulla prasina) but the former does not occur in disturbed areas or parks or gardens, especially in its distributional range of Singapore. The Malayan whipsnake can be distinguished from the oriental whipsnake by the former having larger eyes and the flanks lacking a thin yellow line. The former is also smaller (up to 1 m snout to vent length) as compared to the oriental whipsnake which can grow up to 2 m.[5]

Very little is known about the ecology and natural history of this species.[6]
References

Grismer, L. & Chan-Ard, T. (2012). "Ahaetulla mycterizans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T191914A2014767. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T191914A2014767.en.
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiæ. 10th Edition: 824 pp.
Ahaetulla mycterizans at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2014.
Miralles and David 2010. First record of Ahaetulla mycterizans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae) from Sumatra, Indonesia, with an expanded definition. Zoosystema 32(3): 449-456.
Nick Baker (2014). "Big-eye Green Whip Snake". Ecology Asia.
Cox, M.J., van Dijk, P.P., Nabhitabhata, J. and Thirakhupt, K. 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Thailand and South-East Asia. Asia Books, Bangkok.