White-lipped bamboo leaf green Chinese alias Xiaoqingsnake, little green snake or green tooth snake, white-lipped cymbal snake, green bamboo snake.

Kingdom: Animal Kingdom

phylum: Chordate

Class: Reptiles

Order: Squamous

Suborder: Snake suborder

Family: Viperidae

Genus: Pydocyx

Species: White-lipped green snake

Distribution: Southern China and Southeast Asia.

White-lipped bamboo leaves are poisonoussnake, the body length is 60-75 cm, the tail length is 14-18 cm, and the weight is about 60 grams. The neck is obvious, the back of the body is grass green, sometimes with black stripes, and there are small white spots between the two black stripes, the center of the outermost dorsal scale is white, and it connects from the neck to form a white longitudinal line; some There is a red vertical line under the white vertical line; some have double white lines, plus a red line, and a few individuals are all green, the ventral surface is pale yellow-green, the posterior edge of each ventral scale is pale white, and the tail is pale. The ends are burnt red.

The appearance of the white-lipped bamboo leaf green resembles the red-tailed bamboo leaf green, but the red pattern on the tail of this species does not surround the entire tail, and this species does not have the white lateral line of the red-tailed bamboo leaf green. This species is similar to Fujian, the difference is that the nasal scale of this species is completely healed with the first upper lip scale or has only a very short scale groove; the internasal scales are larger and significantly different from other scales on the back of the head, tangent to each other or occasionally separated from each other A small scaler. The main difference between the white-lipped Bamboo Leaf Green Snake and other species of Bamboo Leaf Green Snake is that there is a white line between its back and abdomen, which is more obvious in males. This white line extends all the way to the underside of its mouth, making it appear that the lips are white.

White-lipped Bamboo Leaf Green has 10-13 scales on the upper lip and 10-13 small scales between the supraorbital scales. Dorsal scales 21-21-15 rows or 19-19-17 rows, ridged; ventral scales 147-168, male 147-162, female 150-167; anal scale 1, 41-73 pairs of lower caudal scales , 55-73 pairs of males and 41-66 pairs of females.

White-lipped bamboo leaf green prey on rodents lizard, frogs, tadpoles. Active day and night, active at night. Aggressive habit, when frightened, the front of the body is raised, the neck is extended, and a "huhu" sound is made. Among them, small mammals account for 70%, and frogs account for 23%. When food is scarce, they will eat the same larvae. White-lipped Bamboo Leaf Green has the habit of hibernating. The hibernation period is from heavy snow to Jingzhe, and the cave comes out in May.

White-lipped Bamboo Leaf Green has a strong appetite and a large appetite. It is usually killed first and then swallowed. The mouth can change with the size of the food. When encountering larger food, the jaw shortens and widens, becoming a film that tightly wraps the food. Bamboo Leaf GreenSnakes often start to eat from the head of animals, while swallowing small birds Starting at the top of the head, the beak bends toward the neck so that it won't pierce the snake's mouth or esophagus. The speed of swallowing is related to the size of the food, the mice can swallow the mice in 5-6 minutes, and the larger birds need 15-18 minutes.

White-lipped Bamboo Leaf Green has a very powerful digestive system, and some begin to digest food while swallowing, and even spit out bones. Bamboo leaf green snake's digestion relies on crawling on the ground, using its belly to rub against uneven ground. The venom of the bamboo leaf green snake is actually the digestive juice of the snake, which can dissolve the body of the bitten animal, so it is poisonous. Bamboo leaf green snake digests food very slowly, and it takes 5-6 days for each meal to be digested, but the peak of digestion is usually 22-50 hours after eating. If you eat more, it will take longer to digest.

White-lipped Bamboo Leaf Food Requirements

The white-lipped bamboo leaf green is mostly artificially raised, and the feeding method is also very simple. Snakes eat by themselves. White-lipped Bamboo Leaf Green likes suckling mice and small guinea pigs with long hair.

It should be noted that when raising white-lipped bamboo leaves, snakes like to entangle and climb, and one or more rattans wrapped with false leaves must be placed in the box. White-lipped Bamboo Leaf Green has high requirements on humidity, and should be sprayed frequently to increase the humidity. White-lipped Bamboo Leaf Green is a nocturnal snake, and feeding is best done in the evening. If the white-lipped Bamboo Leaf Green refuses to eat, you can use the following methods of starting food.

1. Start with the smallest suckling rat. Starting from the poacher, the head of the rat always faces the head of the snake. The reason is very simple. Snakes start from scratch when swallowing food.

2. The purpose of the impact is to provoke it, not to scare it. If the snake is very nervous and wants to run out, it should stop immediately and take a break to continue.

3. After it bites the food, whether it eats or not, wait quietly, do not touch it and move the snake box. It swallows very slowly, and it has to wait until it completely enters the abdomen before moving the snake box. If the rat moves immediately after reaching the neck, it will spit food, so it is very difficult to start eating again.

4. Use the smallest suckling rat to eat again within 3 minutes after eating to deepen its impression. Feed once every 5 days.

5. Bamboo leaf green cannot be forcibly fed like the five-step snake, otherwise it will cause vomit and cause death.