Indochinese Rat Snake | 台北市立動物園資訊網
TheIndochineseRatSnakeisafast-movingsnakewhichhasadaptedto...ruralroads;thespeciesisoftenfoundasroadkillinruralpartsofPeninsularMalaysia....itsolive-browntailwithdark-edgedscales,andthefaintpalebrownbanding ...
Family : COLUBRIDAE Species : Ptyas korros Maximum Size : 2.6 metres
The Indochinese Rat Snake is a fast-moving snake which has adapted to grasslands, agricultural landscapes and oil palm plantations. It preys on rats, frogs and other small vertebrates.
It is diurnal in habits, and mainly a ground-dweller. Most encounters with this snake occur as they attempt to cross rural roads; the species is often found as roadkill in rural parts of Peninsular Malaysia.
This snake can be identified by its overall brown or orange-brown colour, its olive-brown tail with dark-edged scales, and the faint pale brown banding which occurs on the thickest part of the body (although this feature does not occur in mature adults). The belly is yellowish. Its head is long, and it eyes relatively large.
This wide-ranging species occurs in parts of India, N...
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【百花錦蛇】:游蛇科;易危
百花錦蛇最明顯的特徵為頭部額頂赭紅色,至唇部轉為淡灰色,體色則為灰綠色,並散布深色環型塊斑,尾部則呈現紅色深淺相間環...