The green bamboo snake is also one of the top ten poisonous snakes in my country. Although the green bamboo snake is very beautiful, it is also full of danger. In Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region alone, there are more than 6,000 cases of poisoning by the bite of the green bamboo snake every year. This shows that the green bamboo snake is indeed more dangerous.

The following small series will give you a brief introduction to the green bamboo snake.

I. Basic information

【Chinese name】green bamboo snake

【foreign name】green bamboo snake

[Alias] Bamboo Leaf Green, Green Bamboo Silk, Green Bamboo Darts

[Kingdom] Animal Kingdom

[Door] Chordate

【Class】Reptile

【Order】Squamata

【Suborder】Snake Suborder

【Family】Viperidae

【Subfamily】Viper Subfamily

[toxicity] toxic, blood-circulating toxic substances

II. Appearance characteristics

1. Body type: full-length female It is about 98 cm, and the male is about 77 cm in length.

2. Body color: Emerald green on the back, pale yellow on the ventral surface, the color of the tail is very different from that of the body, and the tail end is burnt red, which is more peculiar.

3. Features: Like most Viperidae snakes, the green bamboo snake has a triangular head, a thin neck, and a short tail with winding.

III. Living habits

1. Habitat: Green Bamboo Snake likes to live in forests in mountainous areas or in weeds and bamboo forests beside shady mountain streams, and often inhabits shrubs beside streams. Weeds on grass, rocks or on the ridges of rice fields in mountainous areas, or in firewood piles and melon sheds beside the house.

2. Diet: The green bamboo snake feeds on frogs, lizards, birds, etc.

3. Personality: Green Bamboo Snake is irritable, and will mercilessly attack creatures that break into its territory.

IV. Protection level

The green bamboo snake was listed in the 2012 Red List of Threatened Species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ver 3.1 - Least Concern (LC).

In October 2020, the State Forestry and Grass Administration issued the Notice on Regulating the Scope of the Classification and Management of Wild Animals for Fasting on its official website. For 19 species of wild animals such as green bamboo snakes, the Notice stipulates that edible Breeding activities for the purpose of farming, but farming for non-edible purposes such as medicinal, display, and scientific research is allowed.

This is the introduction to the green bamboo snake, thank you for watching.