About Fowlea flavipunctatus (Hallowell, 1860)
Fowlea flavipunctatus, commonly called the yellow-spotted keelback, is a species of colubrid snake. This species has been recorded in India, Myanmar, Thailand, China, West Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia (on the islands of Sumatra, Java, and Kalimantan), and Bangladesh. Its type locality is listed as the Island of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China) and the Canton River, China. The IUCN Red List includes Taiwan within this species’ range, but excludes India, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The former subspecies F. f. schnurrenbergeri from Nepal is now recognized as a separate independent species, Fowlea schnurrenbergeri. The yellow-spotted keelback is a semiaquatic snake that lives in slow-moving rivers and streams, marshes, swamps, ponds, and lakes. It also successfully survives in wet human-modified habitats such as rice fields and ditches. It is diurnal, and its diet consists of fish and frogs.
