Oriental Whip Snake
Ahaetulla prasina
The adult Oriental whip snake is a long, slender, mostly arboreal colubrid of forests, secondary growth, orchards, and wooded gardens. It hunts by day, using leaf-like camouflage and excellent binocular vision to ambush lizards, frogs, and other small vertebrates. Its rear-fanged venom is mild to humans but useful for subduing prey during a sustained bite. When threatened, it may gape, inflate or flatten the forebody, and reveal contrasting skin between the scales.
- Type
- Stealth / Venom
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
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- Oriental Whip Snake