The beautiful snake, also known as the jade-spotted brocade snake, can reach a total length of about 1 meter. It is a non-venomous snake species. Are you interested in seeing this? Then, let me tell you about other related information about beautiful snakes!

1. Basic information

Chinese name: Beauty Snake

Latin name: Elaphe mandarinus

Alternative names: Jade-spotted brocade snake, Takasago snake , Divine Skin Flower Snake, Jade Belt Snake

Kingdom: Animalia

Domain: Chordate

Subphylum: Vertebrate Subphylum

Class: Reptiles

Subclass: Biporia

Order: Squamata

Suborder: Snake

Family: Viperidae

Genus: Elephantidae

II. Appearance characteristics

The back of the beautiful snake is purple-grey Or gray-brown, with a row of 18-31+6-11 black large diamond spots arranged at about equal intervals on the front and back, and the center of the diamond spots is yellow; the ventral surface is gray-white, scattered with black spots of different lengths and alternately arranged; The back of the head is yellow, with typical black inverted V inset markings.

III. Distribution range

Beauty snakes are mainly distributed in Myanmar, Vietnam, North China, East China and South China.

4. Living habits

Beautiful snakes often inhabit in the plains and mountainous forests, streams and grasses at an altitude of 300-1500 meters, and occasionally they will Occurs in and around residential areas.

Beauty snakes are carnivorous snakes, mainly feeding on small mammals, and occasionally lizards.

V. Breeding method

The reproduction method of the beautiful snake is oviparous, and its spawning time is from June to July every year; It can lay 5-16 eggs; each egg is white and oval, and the diameter of the egg is about 20-40 mm × 13-17 mm.

Six. Racial Status

The beautiful snake is a protected animal and has been included in a number of protected lists, as follows:

1. The List of Terrestrial Wild Animals Protected by the State that is Beneficial or Has Important Economic and Scientific Research Value issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.

2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - Least Concern (LC)  .

3. China Biodiversity Red List - Vertebrate Volume, the assessment level is Vulnerable (VU)  .

4. It is listed as a provincial key protected animal in Hebei and a general protected animal in Beijing.

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