Ahaetulla prasina (Boie, 1827)

Stuart Ko Sok Thy Neang, Bryan L., 2006, A Collection Of Amphibians And Reptiles From Hilly Eastern Cambodia, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (1), pp. 129-155 : 149

Ahaetulla prasina (Reinwardt in Boie)

Material examined. – Pichrada : FMNH 259198 , evergreen mixed with deciduous and bamboo forest, Phnom Nam Lyr Mountain, near 12°32'16"N 107°32'00"E, 600-700 m elev., 20 Jun.2000 .

O’Rang: FMNH 263012 , near 12°19'18"N 107°05'53"E, 7 Nov.2003 .

Remarks. – These have an elongated snout, length about two times eye diameter; rostral scale upturned, slightly projecting, but not as a nasal appendage; black markings on dorsal scale edges forming oblique lines anteriorly; and a uniform dark gray venter.

The Pichrada specimen was in gray colour phase and found asleep at night (1855 hrs.) 1.5 m above the ground on the top of a large-leaved bush. The O’Rang specimen was in gold colour phase and killed by a local during the day (1500 hrs.) in herbaceous vegetation on the side of a road.

Saint Girons (1972a) reported the species from several localities throughout Cambodia, including Ratanakiri.