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NATURE & GASTRONOMY

Buff-striped Keelback

A Buff-striped Keelback, spotted at Yattana Shihmih (fig.), in Inwa. This slender and rather small ground snake is found throughout South and Southeast Asia, and although common throughout its range, it is rarely seen.

Buff-striped Keelback

Its body is olive-brown to gray in colour, with irregular dark blackish crossbars on the anterior part of the body, that are prominent near the head and fading out towards the posterior end, as well as two characteristic buff stripes that run along the length of the body, to the sides of the spine.