The yellow-spotted keelback (Fowlea flavipunctata) is a species of colubrid snake found in India, Myanmar, Thailand, China, West Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, and Kalimantan), Bangladesh [2] Its type locality is: Island of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) and Canton River?, China.

[2] IUCN includes Taiwan in the range of F. flavipunctata, but excludes India, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

[1] F. flavipunctata is a semiaquatic snake that occurs in slow rivers and streams, marshes, swamps, ponds, and lakes.

It thrives also in wet human-modified habitats, including rice fields and ditches.

[2] F. flavipunctata is exploited in parts of its range to support snake farms and pigs and for use in snake wine.