Ahaetulla laudankia, known as the Laudankia vine snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is endemic to India and while being a rare species, it has a relatively large range, extending from the Eastern Ghats through Central India west to eastern Rajasthan. Its name derives from the Odia term laudanka, which translates to "dried stems of bottle gourd, as the snake closely resembles them with its thin body and brownish color.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Ahaetuliinae |
| Genus: | Ahaetulla |
| Species: | A. laudankia
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| Binomial name | |
| Ahaetulla laudankia Deepak et al. 2019.
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References
edit- ^ Mohapatra, P.; Vyas, R. (2021). "Ahaetulla laudankia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T157579609A157579650. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T157579609A157579650.en. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ Deepak, V.; Narayanan, Surya; Sarkar, Vivek; Dutta, Sushil K.; Mohapatra, Pratyush P. (2019-03-12). "A new species of Ahaetulla Link, 1807 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Ahaetullinae) from India". Journal of Natural History. 53 (9–10): 497–516. doi:10.1080/00222933.2019.1589591. ISSN 0022-2933. S2CID 155403362.
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