The black-headed sword snake is a relatively small snake species. I believe many of my friends don't know much about it. Then, let me lead you into the world of the black-headed sword snake and take a look~

One 、Basic information

Chinese name: black-headed sword snake

Kingdom: Animalia

Door: Chordate 

Class: Reptiles

Order: Squamata

Suborder: Snakes

Family: Snakes 

Subfamily: Subfamily: Swampia

Genus: Saber genus 

II. Morphological characteristics

Black-headed sword The total length of the snake is about 80 cm; its head is larger, and it is more clearly distinguished from the neck; the head and back are black, and the back of the body is tan or dark brown; the ventral surface is yellow-white, and both sides of each abdominal scale are A black speck.

III. Distribution range

The black-headed sword snake has a wide distribution range, as follows:

1. Domestic: Gansu, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangxi, Anhui, Hainan, Hunan.

2. Abroad: Vietnam, Laos.

4. Habits

The black-headed sword snake usually lives in the woodland at an altitude of 600 meters in the mountains; it mainly feeds on small mice and lizards.

5. Subspecies differentiation

1. Nominated subspecies of black-headed sword snake, named in 1889; distributed in Vietnam and the eastern low mountains of mainland China In hilly areas and other places, the model origin of this species is in Yichang, Hubei.

2. Black-headed sword snake Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau subspecies, named in 1904; in mainland China, distributed in Guizhou, Yunnan and other places, the model origin of this species is in Kunming, Yunnan.

3. The black-headed sword snake Miyi subspecies was named in 1987; in mainland China, it is distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan and other places. The model origin of this species is Sichuan Miyi.

4. The Hunan subspecies of black-headed sword snake, named in 2012; in mainland China, it is distributed in Hunan, Hubei and other places, and the model origin of this species is in Liuyang, Hunan.

VI. Protected List

The black-headed sword snake has been included in the National Forestry Administration of China issued on August 1, 2000. Or the list of terrestrial wild animals with important economic and scientific research value.

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