Wildlifeof India
Ahaetulla perroteti
Colubrid Snakes
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Ahaetulla perroteti
Basic stats
Diet
Mainly lizards and frogs
Habitat
Open montane grassland above the tree line, above 1,600m
Range
High hills of the Western Ghats in Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Size
Total length about 61cm
The bronze-headed vine snake, also called Perrotet's vine snake or the Western Ghats bronzeback, is a mildly venomous, rear-fanged snake endemic to the Western Ghats. It occurs in high-elevation hills, above 1,600 m, of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The total length is about 2 feet (61 cm), with a 14 cm tail, and the snout is obtusely pointed and projecting, without a skin appendage (Wikipedia, general species account).
Unlike most vine snakes it is active by day and lives on the ground, found moving about on open montane grassland above the tree line, and it feeds mainly on lizards and frogs.
Quick answers
- What does the Ahaetulla perroteti eat?
- Mainly lizards and frogs
- What habitat does the Ahaetulla perroteti live in?
- Open montane grassland above the tree line, above 1,600m
- Where is the Ahaetulla perroteti found?
- High hills of the Western Ghats in Kerala and Tamil Nadu
- How big is the Ahaetulla perroteti?
- Total length about 61cm