Pseudoxenodon bambusicola
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| Pseudoxenodon bambusicola | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Pseudoxenodon |
| Species: | P. bambusicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoxenodon bambusicola Vogt, 1922 | |
Pseudoxenodon bambusicola, commonly known as the bamboo snake or bamboo false cobra, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand .[2]
These snakes can range in color from light brown to a grey purple with black to red banding down its body. Being that it is a false cobra it will raise up when it feels threatened and spread its neck into a small hood. The hood has a pointed oval ring that spans the length and it has a black band across its large circular eyes. These snakes can reach up to 100 cm (3.5 feet) in length.[3]
Habitat
This snake can be found in northern Thailand, northern Laos, northern Vietnam and southern China. They reside in wetlands near rocky terrain, moving mostly through leaf litter and vegetation close to the ground where they can stay hidden from predators.[4]
Diet
This species has been observed eating frogs, but it likely also eats small lizards, and insects when it's a hatchling.[5]
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