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| Conservation status | |
 Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Rhabdops |
| Species: | R. olivaceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhabdops olivaceus (Beddome, 1863) | |
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Rhabdops olivaceus, the olive trapezoid snake or olive forest snake, is a snake endemic to the Western Ghats of India. Following the description of populations in Goa, northernmost Karnataka, and southern Maharashtra as a new species, Rhabdops aquaticus, the known range of Rhabdops olivaceus is from Parambikulam Tiger Reserve in Kerala north to Kottigehara in Karnataka, and possibly slightly further.
This species is found in damp steamsides within rainforests and is distributed from Palghat in Kerala to the Malanad area of Karnataka. It is a docile, placid snake and is said to be semiaquatic, feeding on small, soft-bodied animals. In habits, it is more frequently seen during the rains, both day or night.
References
- ^ Giri, V., Ganesh, S.R. & Narayanan, S. (2021). "Rhabdops olivaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T149321599A149321695. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Beddome, R.H. (1863). "Further notes upon the snakes of the Madras Presidency; with descriptions of new species". Madras Journal of Medical Science. 6: 41–48.
- ^ Rhabdops olivaceus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 October 2020.
- ^ Giri, Varad B.; Deepak, V.; Captain, Ashok; Das, Abhijit; Das, Sandeep; Rajkumar, K. P.; Rathish, R. L. & Gower, David J. (2017). "A new species of Rhabdops Boulenger, 1893 (Serpentes: Natricinae) from the northern Western Ghats region of India". Zootaxa. 4319 (1): 27–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4319.1.2.
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