If you are a regular reader of my blog posts then you might find this title a bit familiar as it is somewhat a sequel of one of my previous blog posts ‘Vine Snake: The hidden predator’.

Vine snakes, or whip snakes, are one of the most beautiful snakes on earth and luckily in India you can find 5-6 species of vine snakes. Today I want to talk about the "brown phase" of the the green vine snake. As I said in the title disguised in brown, these snakes are a sub-species of Green Vine Snake, named Ahaetulla nasuta isabellinus and it is usually known as brown morph of the green vine snake.

The size and structure of this snake is similar to green vine snake Ahaetulla nasuta,the only difference is these snakes are brown. These snakes look amazing and its brown appearance helps camouflage it from both predators and prey.

When I saw the brown morph of the green vine snake for the first time, I was mistaken thinking it was a Brown Vine Snake Ahaetulla pulverulenta, another species of vine snake, but with the help of few experts I came to know that it is a green vine snake in brown costume.

I am very thankful to my friend Saleel Gharpure for allowing me to share these amazing pictures of this magnificent reptile.
Photo by: Saleel Gharpure