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:''Common names: hill keelback, Wayanad keelback.'' ''Amphiesma monticola'' is a harmless colubrid snake species found in the Western Ghats of India. They are especially well known from the Kodagu and Wayanad regions of the Western Ghats. ==Description== Adults are small and slender and found in leaf litter in forest habitats. The head is reddish. The body is brownish with a greenish gloss, while some individuals are bright green. This species has 19 keeled dorsal scale rows at midbody, 133-144 ventrals. The anal scale is divided, and it has 78-92 subcaudals, which are also divided. There are 8 supralabials with the 3rd, 4th and 5th touching the eye. There is one preocular scale.〔Whitaker and Captain, 2004〕 Description from G. A. Boulenger, ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma'': 〔Boulenger, G.A. 1890. ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia.'' Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, Printers). London. xviii + 541 pp. (''Tropidonotus monticola'', p. 348.)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amphiesma monticola」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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