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title: "Fowlea flavipunctatus"
description: "Fowlea flavipunctata — Répteis. The yellow-spotted keelback (Fowlea flavipunctata) is a species of colubrid snake found in"
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/yellow-spotted-keelback
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Fowlea flavipunctatus

> Fowlea flavipunctata — Répteis. The yellow-spotted keelback (Fowlea flavipunctata) is a species of colubrid snake found in
Thailand, Myanmar, China, West Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh.

- Scientific name: *Fowlea flavipunctata*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 2421
- Wikidata: [Q113005207](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113005207)
- iNaturalist taxon: [966797](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/966797)

## Names

- en: Yellow-spotted Keelback
- de: Gelbflecken-Fischnatter
- es: Fowlea flavipunctatus
- fr: Fowlea flavipunctatus
- it: Fowlea flavipunctatus
- nl: Fowlea flavipunctatus
- pt: Fowlea flavipunctatus
- pl: Fowlea flavipunctatus

## Countries with the most observations

TH (575), HK (534), TW (412), CN (375), VN (243), KH (83), MO (50), LA (20), MY (6), MM (4)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Fowlea flavipunctatus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-spotted-keelback/medium.jpg)

Photo: David Addis · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195429540

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-spotted-keelback?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).