The buff striped keelback (Amphiesma stolatum) is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake found across Asia.

A small, slender snake, the buff striped keelback is generally olive-brown to gray in colour.

The body of the buff striped keelback is short, and it has a long slender tail which is almost a quarter of its length.

The second variety, erythrostictus, is common mainly in coastal areas and has bright vermillion interscale colour.

Its range extends from Pakistan (Sindh) to Sri Lanka, India (including the Andaman Islands), Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia (Borneo, Sabah), Taiwan and China (Hainan, Hong Kong, Fujian, Jiangxi).

This terrestrial, diurnal snake inhabits well-watered lowland plains and hills[4] The primary diet of adult A. stolatum is small amphibians such as frogs and toads, but they are also known to consume fish, earthworms and geckos.

Gravid females have been found from April to August and eggs are laid in underground holes from May to September.

The young snakes are 13 to 17 cm at birth and eat small frogs, tadpoles, fish, earthworms and insects.

In north India, the striped keelback hibernates 25 to 45 cm (about 10 to 18 inches) under the ground in soil, amongst grass roots.