The white striped brocade snake is a non-venomous snake widely distributed in northern China. It is also known as the pillow-patterned brocade snake and the hemp snake. It is relatively common in farmhouses' chicken coops and vegetable gardens. White striped snake~

1. Basic information

[Chinese name] white striped brocade snake

[other name] black snake, hemp snake, pillow striped brocade snake

【Latin name】Elaphe dione(pallas,1773)

【English name】Dione Ratsnake

【Kingdom】Animal

【phylum】chordate

【subphylum】chordate subphylum

【class】reptiles

【subclass】biporia

[Order] Squamata

[Suborder] Snake suborder

[Family] Viperidae

[Genus] Chrysalis

[Species] White-striped brocade snake

[Domestic protection level] Three kinds

Second, morphological characteristics

The head of the white striped snake is slightly oval, the body and tail are relatively slender, and the total length is about 1 meter. Its snout scales are slightly pentagonal, wider than high, and its upper edge can be seen from the back. The scales between the noses of the white-striped snake are paired, wider than long, its nostrils are larger, the dorsal scales are mostly 25 rows, and the back is Pale grey, grey-brown or brownish-yellow. It has three light-colored longitudinal stripes on the back of its trunk and tail, one narrow and fuzzy on the front, separated by black spots, and wider longitudinal stripes on both sides.

3. Living habits

The white-striped snake lives in plains, hills or mountains, grasslands, and inhabits fields, graves, grassy slopes, forest areas and riversides, and is also common in vegetable gardens or Near the farmhouse's chicken coop and livestock pen. They usually come out during the day and evening on sunny days, mainly feeding on lizards, rodents, birds and bird eggs, and sometimes frogs and insects.

4. Distribution range

The white striped snake is mainly distributed in Beijing, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Hubei, Sichuan , Xinjiang and other provinces, and foreign countries are distributed in North Korea, South Korea, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Ukraine and other countries.

V. Conservation level

The white striped snake has been included in the Red List of Chinese Biodiversity - Vertebrate Volume, and the assessment level is low risk (LC).

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