''Fowlea yunnanensis'' (common name Yunnan olive keelback) is a species of snake in the family

Colubridae Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...

. It is found in the Lianghe and Longchuan Counties of southwestern

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

, China; its range could extend into Myanmar. It occurs at elevations of

above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ...

and is often found in rice fields, ponds and marshes of valleys, basins, and subalpine areas.

References

Fowlea Snakes of China Endemic fauna of Yunnan Reptiles described in 1879 Taxa named by John Anderson (zoologist) {{Colubrid-stub