Ahaetulla nasuta

An individual of this species was observed at Mahadev Khola basking on grasses and flew to the bush when approached. Another individual was observed at Shitalpur on a Mallotus philippensis tree approximately 3. 5 m from ground level. We report this species for the first time from the park.

Sumber: Amphibians and reptiles of Parsa National Park, Nepal

Description of Referred material. Adult female of total length 1055 mm; broken in its current state of preservation; very slender, partially laterally compressed body with snout to vent length 651 mm; tail length 404 mm; relative tail length 0.63; ventrals 182 notched with keels; subcaudals 158 (with a part of the tail missing), divided; cloacal scale divided; relatively long and slender tail; dorsal scale rows in 14 (forebody) - 15 (midbody) - 13 (hindbody) rows of smooth, obliquely disposed scales; head very distinct from neck with head length 27.2 mm; transversely oval eyes with horizontal pupil; with a horizontal diameter of 6.3 mm and vertical diameter of 4.1 mm; distance from nostril to eye 8.4 mm; distance from snout tip to eye 11.6 mm; supralabials 9 (both left and right) with the 5 th supralabial being the largest, in contact with the eye; 4 th supralabial divided; infralabials 7 (both left and right); 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd infralabials in contact with anterior genials; 3 rd and 4 th infralabials in contact with the posterior genials; mental scale wedged in between 1 st pair of infralabials; nasal scale 1 (both left and right), entire; loreals absent; pre-subocular 2 (both left and right); pre-ocular 1 (both left and right); post-oculars 2; sub-oculars absent; temporals 2 + 2 + 2 (both left and right); prefrontal scale in contact with the pre-oculars; preventral 1; rostral appendage with 2 scales. Maxillary arch dentition (dissected from BNHS 1987). Arched with a dip in the arch towards the diastema; 12 teeth perpendicular to maxilla, curving inwards; prediastemal teeth 6; postdiastemal teeth 6, observable gradual tooth size increase in prediastemal tooth set with the largest teeth precursing the last tooth behind the diastema; diastema about 3 tooth-sockets wide; suffixed with a set of 4 smaller teeth followed by the last grooved pair of large teeth (Fig. 6 e). Colour in preservative. Body with a non-uniform dark bluish violet colour; rostral and infralabials dark bluish violet with white blotches and speckles; a white temporal streak starting from the 6 th supralabial scale that runs along the side with the row of dorsal scales that is in contact with the ventrals, white ventral stripe along the ventrals, close to the centre of the ventrals with a gap of 1.5 mm between the stripes; slight discolouration in the supralabials; yellow clouded with white eyes.