Trinket snake
| Common trinket snake | |
|---|---|
| Close up shot of a common trinket snake captured near Patnagarh, Odisha, India. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Coelognathus |
| Species: | C. helena |
| Binomial name | |
| Coelognathus helena (Daudin, 1803) | |
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The trinket snake (Coelognathus helena), also known commonly as the common trinket snake, is a species of nonvenomous constricting snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to southern Central Asia.