Ahaetulla prasina

Ahaetulla prasina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Chrysopeleinae
Genus: Ahaetulla
Species: Ahaetulla prasina
Subspecies (4): A. p. medioxima – A. p. prasina – A. p. preocularis – A. p. suluensis

Name

Ahaetulla prasina (Boie, 1827)

• Syntypes (n=2): RMNH 782 and RMNH 47582 (formerly RMNH 782), collected by H. Boie and H.C. Macklot between December 1825–September 1827.
• Type locality: “Java”.

Combinations

• Dryophis prasina Boie, 1827: 545 [original combination]
• Dryinus prasinus — Cantor, 1847 [subsequent combination]
• Tragops prasinus — Duméril & Bibron, 1854 [subsequent combination]
• Passerita prasina — Stejneger, 1922 [subsequent combination]
• Ahaetulla prasina — Brongersma in Dammerman, 1929 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Coluber nasutus Shaw, 1802 [not Coluber nasutus Lacépède, 1789]
• Dryophis pavoninus Boie, 1827
• Tragops prasinus citrina Müller, 1885
• Dryophis griseus Taylor, 1922
• Dryophis preocularis Taylor, 1922
• Dryophis prasinus chinensis Mell, 1930
• Ahaetulla prasina suluensis Gaulke, 1994
• Ahaetulla prasina medioxima Lazell, 2002

References

Primary references

• Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem’s Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Marburg, 1820. 1te Lieferung, Ophidier. Isis von Oken 20(6): 508–566. BHL Reference page. 
• Gaulke, M. 1994. Eine neue Unterart des Malaysischen Baumschnüfflers, Ahaetulla prasina suluensis n. subsp. (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae). Senckenbergiana biologica 73(1/2): 45–47.

Links

• Thy, N., Nguyen, T.Q., Golynsky, E., Demegillo, A., Diesmos, A.C., Gonzalez, J.C. & Delima, E.M. 2021. IUCN: Ahaetulla prasina  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176329A123302214. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T176329A123302214.en. Accessed on 04 November 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Gunther’s Whip Snake
• Bahasa Indonesia: Ular gadung
• ไทย: งูเขียวปากจิ้งจก, งูเขียวหัวจิ้งจก, งูง่วงกลางดง, งูกล่อมนางนอน

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