The flower-tailed oblique-scale snake is a non-venomous snake in the genus Oblique-scaled snake of the suborder Serpentidae. It is a snake native to China. It has a docile temperament and is like a cobra when it is frightened. The neck is flattened to scare off enemies. Today, let Xiaobian introduce you to the flower-tailed oblique scale snake in detail!

I. Basic information

[Chinese name]Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri

[English name]Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri

[Kingdom] Animalia

[Domain] Chordate

[Class] Reptiles

[Order] Squamata

[Suborder] Snake suborder

[Family] Serpentidae

[Genus] Oblique lepidopteran

[Species] Oblique flower-tailed Scale snakes

II. Morphological characteristics

The back of the body of the oblique scale snake is dark brown, and there are about 22 almost diamond-shaped yellow-brown stripes in the center of the body. Each piece is about the width of 4 rows of scales and the length of 1 to 2 rows of scales. The yellow-brown spots merge at the back of the body to form a yellow-brown central longitudinal line until the tail end, with black longitudinals on both sides of the central longitudinal line. Belt, with black markings on both sides of ventral scales. There is a ^-shaped black spot on the head, the top starts from the back edge of the frontal scale, the two sides extend behind the corner of the mouth, and the outer edge is khaki. There is a black band from the back of the eyes to the corner of the mouth, and an arrow-shaped black spot on the neck, the tip reaching the rear edge of the top scale.

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The Floral-tailed Snake mainly lives in mountain forests and feeds on frogs. It is a non-venomous snake.

4. Distribution range

The named subspecies P. s. stejnegeri Barbour, distributed in Taiwan.

P. s. striaticaudatus Pope, a continental subspecies, distributed in Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Henan, Guangxi, Sichuan and Guizhou.

V. Protection level

At present, the slender-tailed snake has been listed in the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000. List of Terrestrial Wild Animals of Important Economic and Scientific Research Value .

The snake-tailed snake has also been included in the World Conservation Union (IUCN) 2013 Red List of Threatened Species ver3.1 - Near Threatened (NT) .

It is also listed in China's Red List of Biodiversity - Vertebrate Volume with an assessment level of Vulnerable (VU).

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