Material Examined : 4 adults.

Description & Scalation : Head narrow. Snout twice as long as the eye; eye large with round pupil; loreal a little longer than high; 1 pre and 2 postoculars; temporals 2+2; scales in (21)19:19:17 rows, feebly keeled; supralabials 8-11 ( 4th to 6th in contact with the eye, 6th in contact with the temporal ); infralabials 10, first 4 to 6 touching first pair of genials; ventrals 193-242, strongly angulate laterally; subcaudals 80-116, paired; anal entire.

Coloration : Light brown above, with several light blackish-white stripes round the body, which become indistinct towards posterior part of the body; hind body darker brown; no black occipital bar; a pale black streak below the eye, an oblique one from the eye to above back of mouth and another one along neck. Belly scales pale cream; tail black above, blackish-gray below.

Natural History : Terrestrial as well as arboreal, mostly active in the early mornings, also active after rains. Often enters houses in search of rats or chicken eggs, a few indivisuals I have studied were from the wooden house roofs. Mainly feeds on rodents, birds, frogs and lizards. Constricts its prey. A few individuals I have handeled never tried to bite. Lays about 5-12 eggs. Grows up to 1.8m.

Distribution - India : known only from Andaman & Little Andaman Islands. Elsewhere: Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, and western Indonesia.

External link : http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Coelognathus&species=flavolineatus