[Generic] ophiophagus hannah [Taxonomy] Elapidae snake head [Morphology] snakes with teeth before the ditch. General shape is similar with the cobra, king cobra is the difference between ① large body, often for up to 3 ~ 4 m, maximum length of the record by almost 6 m; ② head back in addition to the typical nine large scales, the scales after the top there is one pair large pillow scales; ③ neck extended, the extended parts of the narrow and long, and no markings unique to the cobra; ④ the middle of the back 15 rows scales, scales under the tail section into a single. Back dark brown or black, with horizontal stripes; ventral yellow-white. Ventral neck orange. Young black snake, with 34 to 45 yellow-white ring Min. [Distribution] in our general distribution in the south of latitude 25 degrees and its regions, including Fujian, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Zhejiang, south to north up to four Chuanmi easily and Tibet Medog. Foreign distributed in South and Southeast Asia. [Habits] habitat in the coastal lowlands to the mountains of 1 800 m above sea level, more common in forest edges near water. Day activities. Main prey snakes, and occasionally eat lizards. Oviparous, 7 to Aug. 20 to 40 eggs in the nest built into the leaves, the egg diameter 65.5 mm × 33.2 mm. Pro snake to protect the eggs habits. [Estimated number] field has been estimated that domestic rarely.
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Bungarus
[Generic] bungarus fasciatus [Taxonomy] Elapidae snake head [Morphology] length 1200 ~ 1800 mm, with a ditch before the snake teeth. Tong Shen black, with wide golden yellow ring pattern, body and tail of a total of 19 to 27 + 3 to 5 rings, black and yellow two-color width is about equal. Head and back dark brown, occiput with light-colored inverted "v"-shaped spots. Spine was elevated ridge, it is slightly triangular cross-section of the trunk, the tail end of the blunt. Oval head, and neck than the obvious distinction between the head back with a typical nine large scales, no scales, cheek, upper lip scales 7,2-2-3 style. Dorsal scales smooth, Tongshen 15 lines, scales back expansion of the middle hexagon-shaped ridge line; ventral scales 214 to 230, a complete anal scales, scales under the tail-line, 29 to 39. [Distribution] distribution in China of about 25 degrees north latitude and south of the region, including Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi and Yunnan, south, up north in the eastern Jiangxi Province, Nanchang. Foreign distributed in South and Southeast Asia. [Habits] habitat elevation of 180 ~ 1014 m in the plains or low hills, vegetation cover better near water. Night activities. Eat snakes, and occasionally eat lizards and other vertebrates. Oviparous, 5 to 6 months 6 to 14 eggs in caves or under leaf mold, egg diameter 45 ~ 54 mm × 20 ~ 24 mm. [Estimated number] field already very scarce.
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Agkistrodon Agkistrodon
[Generic] vipera ruselli siamensis [Taxonomy] snake head viper Division [Morphology] length of 1 meter, weighs 1.5 kg. Head is relatively large, with clear distinction between the neck, snout short wide circle. Head back from the edge of the small scales, large nostrils, located on top of snout. Dorsal brownish-gray, longitudinal circle with 3 spots, each spot of the central circle is purple or dark brown, peripheral black, the outermost irregular dark brown markings. abdomen is white, scattered with thick dark brown spots. [Habits] living in the plains, hilly or mountainous, mainly live in the wide field, very few go to the dense forest, usually in the foothills of the summer activities like habitat in the shade when the heat ventilation. Not to flee when frightened, but the body coiled into a circle, and issued a whirring sound of the outlet, the body constantly shrinking Peng, last half hour. to rats, birds, lizards for food, using a surprise attack mode, the front of the trunk after the first song, suddenly pediment and bite off the ground again prey, bite and hold until swallowing down 9 - October more human and animal bites, poisonous snakes is one of China's average per bitten thing about a detox 200 mg are ovoviviparous, 7 - August litter, each litter a dozen or so. [Distribution] Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi; seen abroad in India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Thailand and other places.
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Spots on viper
[Generic] vipera ruselli siamensis [Taxonomy] snake head viper Division [Morphology] length of 1 meter, weighs 1.5 kg. Head is relatively large, with clear distinction between the neck, snout short wide circle. Head back from the edge of the small scales, large nostrils, located on top of snout. Dorsal brownish-gray, longitudinal circle with 3 spots, each spot of the central circle is purple or dark brown, peripheral black, the outermost irregular dark brown markings. abdomen is white, scattered with thick dark brown spots. [Habits] living in the plains, hilly or mountainous, mainly live in the wide field, very few go to the dense forest, usually in the foothills of the summer activities like habitat in the shade when the heat ventilation. Not to flee when frightened, but the body coiled into a circle, and issued a whirring sound of the outlet, the body constantly shrinking Peng, last half hour. to rats, birds, lizards for food, using a surprise attack mode, the front of the trunk after the first song, suddenly pediment and bite off the ground again prey, bite and hold until swallowing down 9 - October more human and animal bites, poisonous snakes is one of China's average per bitten thing about a detox 200 mg are ovoviviparous, 7 - August litter, each litter a dozen or so. [Distribution] Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi; seen abroad in India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Thailand
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Coral snake
[Generic] bungarus multicinctus [Taxonomy] snake head viper Division [Morphology] length 1000 ~ 1800 mm, with a ditch before the snake teeth. Black or blue-black back, with 30 to 50 narrow white or cream stripes; ventral white pollution. Head and back dark brown, with light-colored pillow back down "v"-shaped spots. Spine is not elevated, the tail end of the more pointed. Head oval, and less obvious distinction between the neck, back off with the typical nine large scales, no scales, cheek, upper lip scales 7,2-2-3 style. Dorsal scales smooth, Tongshen 15 lines, scales back expansion of the middle hexagon-shaped ridge line; ventral scales 203 - 231; complete anal scales; scales under the tail-line, 37 to 55. This species has two subspecies: subspecies named bm multicinctus blyth belly scales 203 ~ 218, the back of the white stripes 30 to 50; cloud types bm wanghaotingi South belly scales 213 to 231, the back of the white stripes 20 to 31. [Habits] interest in from the coastal lowlands to the mountains of 1 300 m above sea level, is common in low-lying plains, hills and near water. Night activity, to water predator fish, frogs or snakes. The next day or is hidden in the stone cave. 4 moon jellyfish, into hibernation in November. Oviparous, spawning June 3 to 15 (record 20) pieces, egg diameter 29 mm × 16.5 mm ~ 52 mm × 19 mm; incubation period of 1 to 1.5 months, the newly-hatched snake Aberdeen 200 ~ 270 mm length . [Distribution] named subspecies distributed in the provinces south of the Yangtze River in China, including Taiwan, Hainan and Hong Kong. Cloud species found only in South China's southwest Yunnan Province. Foreign distributed in Myanmar, Laos and northern Vietnam.
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Acutus (Agkistrodon acutus)
[Generic] agkistrodon acutus [Morphology] head, triangular snout and nasal scales with scales from the kiss of a short and upturned to form protrusions. Head and back dark brown, with large symmetrical scales, with pit. Dorsal dark brown and tan, the back of the middle of a line 15-21 +2-6 a large square plaque. Belly white, with dark brown patches staggered. Chunky shape, the longest male 1335 +206 mm, females 1238 +165 mm. Dorsal scales 21 (23) -21 (23) -17 (19) line the outer 1 to 3 lines only weak fine edge, and the remaining edges are strong with nodules, the surface roughness; male belly scales ~ 152 169, female 162 - 171. Anal scales intact. Scales under the tail of male 51 to 61, females 48 to 63, mostly double. Tail one side flat and long and sharp scales, commonly known as "Buddha nails." [Distribution] in our distribution roughly 104 ° east longitude, latitude between 25 ° to 31 °. The known distribution area, Anhui (South), Chongqing, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian (North), Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi (North), Guizhou, Guangdong (North) and Taiwan Province. Abroad, was seen only in northern Vietnam. [Habits] live at an altitude of 100 ~ 1 400 m in the mountains or hills. Most live in the 300 ~ 800 m near the valley streams, and occasionally into the mountain village house, come and go in the kitchen and into the bedroom, and forests are closely related. Hot weather, acutus into the side of the valley streams, rock, grass, roots crossing under the summer shade, winter in the sunny slopes of the stones and the soil hole winter. Eating rodents, birds, frogs, toads and lizards, especially the highest frequency of rodent prey. [Estimated number] acutus widely distributed in China, including Anhui mountainous area of Wuyishan mountain and the most storage. According to provincial areas dry Agkistrodon acutus acquired over the years the number of sample survey and focus areas in China there were still wild acutus ten million. Snake Park in captivity about ten thousand
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White-lipped Trimeresurus
[Generic] trimeresurus stejnegeri [Taxonomy] snake head viper Division [Morphology] length 60 - 75 cm, tail length 14 - 18 cm, weighing about 60 grams of the first triangle, the top is green, pupil vertical, red, neck, obviously, the body back to grass green, sometimes with black stripes and two black stripes between the white point, the outermost of the central dorsal scales white, open from the neck connects after the formation of a white vertical lines, some with white vertical lines below the There is a red vertical line. some are double white lines of, plus the red line. there are a few individuals for the whole green. ventral to light yellow-green, the back edge of the belly is pale scales white, red tail was coke. [Habits] wet stream habitat in the mountains, grass and bamboo thickets, because of the green body color and good at winding tail, well adapted to tree life, they often hang around and then stream or climbing branches or bamboo, the body color of green and habitat are extremely difficult to find. sometimes entrenched in stone, head toward the streams, if disturbed by the water on slowly to swim. all day and night activities, more frequent at night . Trimeresurus is a common snake, is a tube like tooth on average each bitten by a snake venom material amount of time the row is about 28 mg of prey birds, frogs, rodents, there are hibernating habits. hibernating from the snow to Jingzhe, in May of holes is ovoviviparous, 7 - August litter, each producing 7 - 8 bar. newborn snakes have fangs, but also hurt. [Distribution], Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hainan; abroad seen Nepal, Vietnam and other places.
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Gray-blue engraved flat tail snake
[Generic] hydrophis cyanocinctus [Taxonomy] snake head snake Division [Morphology] body slender, body length of up to 200 cm, weight 0.5 - 1.5 kg body is round the front, rear to the side of the tail becoming flat. Body back gray, from start to finish with 51 - 68 schungite wide black stripes around the body of the snake abdomen yellow or olive. [Habits] living in the offshore, particularly in places like the mouth. Good swimming, leave the water is clumsy, to join the breathing out of the water for fresh air and then dive into the sea, there are phototactic behavior. Mainly eel like fish food. ovoviviparous, each litter Snake 3 - 5. snake is a snake nerve mainly contains neurotoxins that can bite animal skeletal muscle paralysis, severe human bite can be fatal. [Distribution] produced in Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan Island coast; abroad found the Indian subcontinent and other places along the coast.
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Naja
[Distribution] endemic to China. Widely distributed in the provinces south of the Yangtze River, west to the northeast of Guangxi, Guizhou, Chongqing, south-east, including Taiwan, Hainan and Hong Kong. [Habits] habitat in the coastal lowlands to about 1 700 m above sea level plains, hills and mountains, found in scrub, bamboo groves, stream or pond shore bearings, rice fields, roadside, suburban, and even into the garden or home. Were seen day and night activities. Prey fish, frogs, lizards, mice, birds and eggs, snakes, etc. Sting out around May each year, 11 months into hibernation. Oviparous, mating in May and June, July and August 7 to 19 eggs, egg diameter 42 ~ 54 mm × 26 ~ 31 mm; about Aberdeen snakes hatched by 50 days, total length 200 mm. [Estimated number] no research data
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Original directed venomous snake (snake spent shells)
[Generic] trimeresurus mucrosquamatus [Taxonomy] snake head viper Division [Morphology] length is generally 70 - 90 cm, tail length 16 - 18 cm, weight 50 - 70 grams. Triangular head, thin neck, kiss narrow head with sweetlips and inverted v shaped brown spot pattern. body on the back is brown, the back side of a central line parallel pattern of dark brown spots. so linked up chains, also in the pattern of irregular small spot pattern below the abdomen grayish brown, There are many spots. [Habits] inhabit the mountain shrubs, bamboo stream, wet environment near residential areas, often entrenched within the pyre. More activities in the evening, the end of a winding, sometimes money for the journey on a tree or bamboo because of body slender, predation, attacks are more flexible. to fish, frogs, lizards, birds for food. snow to clear and bright as the period of hibernation the following year, often use tree holes, bamboo hole as hibernation sites. is oviparous, each litter 5-- -13 pieces, by the natural incubation temperature, incubation period is usually 35 - 45 days. tip line tube teeth like snakes. [Distribution], Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Henan, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Sichuan, Gansu, Guizhou; seen abroad in India, Burma and Vietnam.