In Yunnan, my country, there lives a petite, docile snake that sucks egg liquid for a living. It is the round-spotted snake. The round-spotted snake is also called the beautiful egg-eating snake, which is named because of its slender and cute body and its feeding on eggs.

The following is a brief introduction to this lovely round-spotted snake.

I. Basic information

[Chinese name] round-spotted snake

[Latin name] Oligodorl lacroixi 

[Another name]Beautiful egg-eating snake

[Kingdom] Animalia

[Domain] Chordate

【Class】Reptile

[Order] Squamata

[Suborder] Snake suborder

[Family] Snake family

[Genus] Small-headed snake genus

[species] round-spotted small-headed snake

[toxic] non-toxic

[distribution area] Yunnan, Sichuan; Vietnam (north)

Second, Appearance Features

1. Body Type: Overall length 700+80mm.

2. Body color: dark purple-brown back, with a series of light orange circular or horizontal oval spots with black borders on the back

3. Head features: back of head brown , There are 3 light red (or pink) stripes on it, the former one is on the nose scale, the second one is a wide ∧ shape behind the eyes, and a very narrow stripe is behind this stripe.

III. Living habits

1. Habitat: Small-headed snakes usually live in dense forests.

2. Diet: The original ecological round-headed snake mainly sucks various reptile eggs: lizard eggs, snake eggs, turtle eggs, and turtle eggs. Under artificial pets, they will not take the initiative to bite the eggs of birds. When feeding, knock the eggs of birds into a small bowl and stir them, so that the round-spotted snake knows how to suck. The round-spotted snake has a strong hunger tolerance ability, and it is also healthy without feeding for several months under the condition of providing drinking water.

IV. Protection level

This species has been listed in the Nationally Protected Beneficial Or List of Terrestrial Wild Animals of Important Economic and Scientific Research Value.

Included in the China Biodiversity Red List - Vertebrate Volume, and the assessment level is Near Threatened (NT).

The above is all about the introduction of the round-spotted snake. I have to say that the round-spotted snake has a very unique diet. I don't know what you think?