Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Proahaetulla antiqua (Proahaetulla antiqua), recorded as Endangered
Proahaetulla antiqua (Proahaetulla antiqua). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Proahaetulla antiqua

Proahaetulla antiqua

Proahaetulla is a monotypic genus of vine snake in the family Colubridae.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Proahaetulla antiqua
Taxonomy
Squamata · Colubridae · Proahaetulla

Appearance

Proahaetulla antiqua is bright green, with a lighter green or creamish yellow belly, and a creamish yellow ventral stripe. It has a fine-pointed snout and near-binocular vision, with horizontally elliptical pupils in its eyes.

The holotype had a total body length of 111.3 cm (43.8 in), with a very slender and partially laterally compressed body.

Range and habitat

It is a diurnal and arboreal species found in the high elevation rainforests of the far south of the Western Ghats. It contains only one species, the keeled vine snake, that is endemic to the Western Ghats of India. Its natural habitat is montane rainforests of southern Western Ghats.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Proahaetulla antiqua is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Proahaetulla antiqua, Wikidata item Q84156843. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Proahaetulla antiqua?
Proahaetulla antiqua is a snake in the family Colubridae.
What is the conservation status of Proahaetulla antiqua?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Proahaetulla antiqua. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Proahaetulla antiqua live?
It is a diurnal and arboreal species found in the high elevation rainforests of the far south of the Western Ghats.
Why is Proahaetulla antiqua in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Proahaetulla antiqua?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Proahaetulla antiqua a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.