NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Laudankia vine snake
Ahaetulla laudankia Deepak, Narayanan, Sarkar, Dutta & Mohapatra, 2019
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Ahaetulla laudankia; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:56:47.272115+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ahaetulla laudankia Deepak, Narayanan, Sarkar, Dutta & Mohapatra, 2019
- Name authority
- Deepak, Narayanan, Sarkar, Dutta & Mohapatra, 2019
- Common name
- Laudankia vine snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Ahaetulla
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyColubridae
- genusAhaetulla
- speciesAhaetulla laudankia Deepak, Narayanan, Sarkar, Dutta & Mohapatra, 2019
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ahaetulla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Vine SnakeAhaetulla borealis Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh, 2020 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Farnsworth's Vine SnakeAhaetulla farnsworthi Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh, 2020 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wall's Vine SnakeAhaetulla isabellina (Wall, 1910) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Malabar Vine SnakeAhaetulla malabarica Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh, 2020 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sahyadri Vine SnakeAhaetulla sahyadrensis Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh, 2020 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Speckle-headed WhipsnakeAhaetulla fasciolata (Fischer, 1885) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Burmese Vine SnakeAhaetulla fronticincta (Günther, 1858) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Green vine snakeAhaetulla nasuta (Lacépède, 1789) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Ghats BronzebackAhaetulla perroteti (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brown-speckled WhipsnakeAhaetulla pulverulenta (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Slender-nosed Vine SnakeAhaetulla oxyrhynca (Bell, 1825) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Ahaetulla&species=laudankia Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:8GNX9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.