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title: "Oriental Whipsnake"
description: "Ahaetulla prasina — Gady. Ahaetulla prasina is an arboreal, moderately venomous species of opisthoglyphous vine snake in the family Colubridae, found in Southern and Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/oriental-whipsnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Oriental Whipsnake

> Ahaetulla prasina — Gady. Ahaetulla prasina is an arboreal, moderately venomous species of opisthoglyphous vine snake in the family Colubridae, found in Southern and Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Ahaetulla prasina*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 6716
- Wikidata: [Q1551982](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1551982)
- iNaturalist taxon: [30187](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/30187)

## Names

- en: Oriental Whipsnake
- de: Grüne Peitschennatter
- fr: Serpent-liane oriental

## Countries with the most observations

SG (1940), ID (1750), TH (1046), MY (617), CN (303), VN (287), PH (115), KH (62), LA (29), BN (15), MM (14), MO (9)

## Summary

Ahaetulla prasina is an arboreal, moderately venomous species of opisthoglyphous vine snake in the family Colubridae, found in Southern and Southeast Asia. Its common names include the Asian vine snake, Boie's whip snake, Gunther's whip snake, and the Oriental whip snake (Tagalog: puno ng ubas ahas; Thai: งูเขียวหัวจิ้งจก; Indonesian: ular anggur).

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

## Photo

![Oriental Whipsnake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/oriental-whipsnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106979464

## Machine access

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