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	Amphiesma leucomystax David, Bain, Truong, Orlov, Vogel, Thanh & Ziegler 2007 A species of the large genus Amphiesma with a total length of 772 mm. Up to now it is known from Vietnam and an uncertain locality from Thailand. Obvious are the white upper labials, which lead to the scientific name from the Greek adjective leucos, meaning white, and the Greek noun mystax, meaning either a moustache or an upper lip, a reference to the broad white stripe extending on the upper lips of this species. The common name is: White-lipped Keelback. All specimens were associated with forest streams. Most snakes were collected at night, either during the rainy or the dry season. All of them were in or next to water, either coiled on leaves or stones, or, 2 specimens perched on branches above the stream. Some specimens had eaten frogs. Nothing is known on keeping in captivity Amphiesma leucomystax , portrait Amphiesma leucomystax back
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