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(A)
(B)
(D)
(C)
(E)
Plate 4.84
(A-E) Asian keel-backs, flower snakes, or garter snakes (
Amphiesma
spp.).
There are about 41 species of
Amphiesma
, and some of these Asian natricids are commonly
seen in the commercial snake trade. Due to pattern variability and appearance that may be
similar to some members of the genus
Rhabdophis
, some
Amphiesma
(particularly
A. stolata
)
have occasionally been mistaken for the hazard level 1 species,
R. tigrinus
and
R. subminiatus
(see Section 4.3; compare with Plates 4.45A-C and 4.46A and B). There are no documented
medically significant bites by
Amphiesma
spp.
(A) Striped keel-back, flower snake, yellow-banded or yellow-necked water snake,
Amphiesma stolata
, Habarana, Sri Lanka.
(B)
Amphiesma stolata
, Nikaweratiya, Sri Lanka.
(C)
Amphiesma stolata
, South Asia.
(D)
Amphiesma stolata
, Sisaket, Thailand.
(E)
Amphiesma stolata
, Pune, India,
Plate 4.84
A-C, photos copyright to Mark O'Shea;
Plate 4.84
D, photo copyright to Wolfgang Wüster;
Plate 4.84
E, photo copyright to Shukla
Chaitanya.
