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title: "Snuffelslang"
description: "Ahaetulla nasuta — Reptielen. Ahaetulla nasuta, also known as Sri Lankan green vine snake, long-nosed whip snake, and long-nosed tree snake, is a venomous, slender green tree snake endemic to Sri Lanka."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/long-nosed-whipsnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Snuffelslang

> Ahaetulla nasuta — Reptielen. Ahaetulla nasuta, also known as Sri Lankan green vine snake, long-nosed whip snake, and long-nosed tree snake, is a venomous, slender green tree snake endemic to Sri Lanka.

- Scientific name: *Ahaetulla nasuta*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 661
- Wikidata: [Q619087](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619087)
- iNaturalist taxon: [68528](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68528)

## Names

- en: Long-nosed Whipsnake
- de: Nasen-Peitschennatter
- fr: Serpent liane nasique
- nl: Snuffelslang
- pl: Wąż bicz

## Countries with the most observations

LK (605)

## Summary

Ahaetulla nasuta, also known as Sri Lankan green vine snake, long-nosed whip snake, and long-nosed tree snake, is a venomous, slender green tree snake endemic to Sri Lanka. It was previously known as the common green vine snake and was widely distributed across India and South East Asia, until a 2020 study split them into several different species, restricting Ahaetulla nasuta just to the Sri Lankan population.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahaetulla_nasuta

## Photo

![Snuffelslang](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-nosed-whipsnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: wilmotsenaratne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/378678671

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/long-nosed-whipsnake?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).