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Dendrelaphis pictus

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Dendrelaphis pictus

Populations from India, Bangladesh and Myanmar are now treated as a separate species (Wikipedia, general species account). The species belongs to the genus Dendrelaphis, which contains 48 other described species. Populations from India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar are now considered to belong to the separate species Dendrelaphis proarchos. The snake's colouration is olive or brown above with a yellow lateral stripe, bordered below by a dark line between the outer scales and the ventrals. (Wikipedia, general species account).

The upper lip is yellow, and the lower surface yellowish or greenish. Length of head and body approximately 74 cm (29 in) and the tail 44 cm (17 in). The maxillary teeth number from 23 to 26, the eye is as long as the distance between the nostril and eye. The rostral scale is more broad than deep, and is visible from above. Internasal scales are as long as, or slightly shorter than, the prefrontal scales. (Wikipedia, general species account).

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