Yellow-spotted keelback

The yellow-spotted keelback (Fowlea flavipunctata) is a species of colubrid snake found in India, Myanmar, Thailand, China, West Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, and Kalimantan), Bangladesh ^[2] Its type locality is: Island of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) and Canton River?, China.^[2]

Yellow-spotted keelback
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Fowlea
Species:	F. flavipunctata
Binomial name
Fowlea flavipunctata (Hallowell, 1860)

IUCN includes Taiwan in the range of F. flavipunctata, but excludes India, Malaysia, and Indonesia.^[1]

F. f. schnurrenbergeri of Nepal is now considered an independent species, Fowlea schnurrenbergeri.^[1]

Habitat and behaviour

F. flavipunctata is a semiaquatic snake that occurs in slow rivers and streams, marshes, swamps, ponds, and lakes. It thrives also in wet human-modified habitats, including rice fields and ditches. It feeds on fish and frogs.^[1] It is diurnal.^[2]

Relations with humans

F. flavipunctata is exploited in parts of its range to support snake farms and pigs and for use in snake wine.^[1]