- Source: Ahaetulla travancorica
The Travancore vine snake (Ahaetulla travancorica), is a species of tree snake endemic to the southern Western Ghats of India.
Taxonomy
It was formerly considered conspecific with A. dispar (which is now considered to have a more northerly distribution in the Western Ghats), but a 2020 study found it to represent a new species.
Geographic range
This species is endemic to the Agasthyamalai Hills of the southern Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The specimen that the species was described from originates from a single locality in Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary. The Shencottah Gap north of the Agasthyamalais separates it from its closest relative, A. dispar.
Habitat
This species is found in high-elevation shola forests in the Western Ghats above 1000 msl.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ahaetulla travancorica
- Ahaetulla
- Ahaetulla dispar
- Ristella travancorica
- Palani Hills
- List of reptiles of Kerala
- List of least concern reptiles
- Ranni Forest Division
