The speckle-headed whipsnake (Ahaetulla fasciolata) is a species of colubrid vine snake found in Southeast Asia.
It belongs to the genus Ahaetulla, one of five genera within the subfamily Ahaetuliinae.
The relationships of Ahaetulla fasciolata to some other Ahaetulla species, and to the other genera within Ahaetuliinae, can be shown in the cladogram below, with possible paraphyletic species noted:[2] Ahaetulla prasina (paraphyletic) Ahaetulla fasciolata Ahaetulla prasina (paraphyletic) Ahaetulla prasina (paraphyletic) Ahaetulla mycterizans Ahaetulla prasina (paraphyletic) Ahaetulla anomala Ahaetulla pulverulenta Ahaetulla nasuta (paraphyletic) Ahaetulla nasuta (paraphyletic) Ahaetulla fronticincta Proahaetulla antiqua Dryophiops Dendrelaphis Chrysopelea The snake is found in the Southeast Asian countries of Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
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