Yellow-spotted Keelback
Fowlea flavipunctata
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,337
- Most observed in
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The yellow-spotted keelback (Fowlea flavipunctata) is a species of colubrid snake found in Thailand, Myanmar, China, West Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh. Its type locality is: Island of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) and Canton River?, China. IUCN includes Taiwan in the range of F. flavipunctata, but excludes Malaysia and Bangladesh. F. f. schnurrenbergeri of Nepal is now considered an independent species, Fowlea schnurrenbergeri.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Yellow-spotted keelback”.