Wildlifeof India
Gonyosoma frenatum
Colubrid Snakes
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Gonyosoma frenatum
Basic stats
Range
North-eastern India, southern China, Taiwan and Vietnam
Size
About 84cm head and body; tail about 24cm
The Khasi Hills trinket snake is a colubrid snake found in north-eastern India, southern China, Taiwan and Vietnam. It reaches roughly 84 cm in body length with a 24 cm tail. It is uniform bright green above with a black streak along each side of the head passing through the eye, and the snout is twice as long as the eye, obliquely truncated and projecting (Wikipedia, general species account).
The scales are in 19 rows, faintly keeled on the back. The type locality is the Khasi Hills. In India it is recorded from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, and the Reptile Database also lists Meghalaya.
Quick answers
- Where is the Gonyosoma frenatum found?
- North-eastern India, southern China, Taiwan and Vietnam
- How big is the Gonyosoma frenatum?
- About 84cm head and body; tail about 24cm