Günther's vine snake Ahaetulla farnsworthi Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, Princia D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh, 2020 - Farnsworth's vine snake Ahaetulla fasciolata (Fischer, 1885) - Speckle-headed whipsnake Ahaetulla flavescens (Wall, 1910 - yellow whipsnake Ahaetulla fronticincta (Günther, 1858) - Burmese vine snake Ahaetulla fusca (Duméril, Bibron, & Duméril,1854) - dark whipsnake Ahaetulla isabellina (Wall, 1910) - Wall's vine snake Ahaetulla laudankia Deepak, Narayanan, Sarkar, Dutta & Mohapatra, 2019 - Laudankia vine snake Ahaetulla malabarica Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, Princia D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh, 2020 - Malabar vine snake Ahaetulla mycterizans (Linnaeus, 1758) - Malayan green whipsnake Ahaetulla nasuta (Lacépède, 1789) - Sri Lankan green vine snake Ahaetulla oxyrhyncha (Bell, 1825) - Indian vine snake Ahaetulla perroteti (Duméril & Bibron, 1854) - Nilgiri vine snake Ahaetulla prasina (Boie, 1827) - Oriental whipsnake or Asian vine snake Ahaetulla prasina prasina (Boie, 1827) Ahaetulla prasina medioxima Lazell, 2002 Ahaetulla prasina preocularis (Taylor, 1922) Ahaetulla prasina suluensis Gaulke, 1994 Ahaetulla pulverulenta (Duméril & Bibron, 1854) - Brown-speckled whipsnake Ahaetulla rufusoculara Lam, Thu, Nguyen, Murphy, & Nguyen, 2021 Ahaetulla sahyadrensis Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, Princia D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh, 2020 Ahaetulla travancorica Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, Princia D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh, 2020 - Travancore vine snake Several undescribed species (including the Southeast Asian Ahaetulla formerly assigned to A. nasuta) still likely remain in these complexes Description All Ahaetulla species are characterized by thin, elongated bodies, with extremely long tails and a sharply triangular shaped head. They are primarily green in color, but can vary quite a bit to yellows, oranges, greys, and browns. They can have black and/or white patterning, or can be solid in color. Their eyes are almost unique in the reptile world, having keen binocular vision and keyhole shaped pupils, being similar in this aspect with twig snakes, who also have keyhole shaped pupils. Etymology The genus name Ahaetulla comes from the Sinhalese name ehetulla for Ahaetulla nasuta, which means 'eye plucker' or 'eye striker. Vernacular names The Sinhala name "" or "eye-plucker" forms the taxonomic genus name. In Tamil, it is known as , in Malayalam it is known as , in Telugu it is known as , in Marathi, it is known as , and in Kannada it is known as . There are dozens of other vernacular names for this snake genus within its range. Sinhala: ඇහැටුල්ලා (Pronounced: Aheatulla) Telugu: పచ్చారి పాము. Bengali: লাউডগা. Odia: ଲାଉଡଙ୍କିଆ Kannada: ಹಸಿರು ಹಾವು, ಹಸಿರು ಬಳ್ಳಿ ಹಾವು. Gujarati: લીલવણ,