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| image = Laudankia vine snake Ahaetulla laudankia1.jpg<br />
| status = LC<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status">{{cite iucn |author=Mohapatra, P. |author2=Vyas, R. |year=2021 |title=''Ahaetulla laudankia'' |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T157579609A157579650 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T157579609A157579650.en |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref><br />
| taxon = Ahaetulla laudankia<br />
| authority = Deepak et al. 2019.<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Ahaetulla laudankia''''', known as the '''Laudankia vine snake''', is a species of snake in the family [[Colubridae]]. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[India]] and while being a rare species, it has a relatively large range, extending from the [[Eastern Ghats]] through [[Central India]] west to eastern [[Rajasthan]]. Its name derives from the [[Odia language|Odia]] term ''laudanka'', which translates to "dried stems of bottle gourd, as the snake closely resembles them with its thin body and brownish color.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Deepak|first1=V.|last2=Narayanan|first2=Surya|last3=Sarkar|first3=Vivek|last4=Dutta|first4=Sushil K.|last5=Mohapatra|first5=Pratyush P.|date=2019-03-12|title=A new species of Ahaetulla Link, 1807 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Ahaetullinae) from India|journal=Journal of Natural History|volume=53|issue=9–10|pages=497–516|doi=10.1080/00222933.2019.1589591|s2cid=155403362|issn=0022-2933}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Ahaetulla|laudankia]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic reptiles of India]]<br />
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[[Category:Taxa named by Veerappan Deepak]]<br />
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