Today, what I want to share with you is a non-venomous snake. It has a gentle temperament and generally won't bite if it doesn't feel dangerous. Do you know what is sacred?

Hahaha, that is the brown and black brocade snake. Next, the editor will introduce it from five aspects, let's take a look~

1. Basic information

【Chinese name】brown black Brocade snake

[Latin scientific name] Elaphe schrenckii

[Another name] Huanghua pine, black worm, black pine flower

[Kingdom] Animal Kingdom

【phylum】chordate phylum

【class】reptiles

【subclass】biporia, lepidosaurus subclass

【order】has Lepidoptera

[Suborder] Snakes

[Family] Viperidae

[Genus] Elephantidae

【 Species] Brown and black snakes

[toxicity] non-toxic

II. Main distribution

Distribution range of brown and black snakes More extensive, both at home and abroad, as follows:

1. Domestic: the three northeastern provinces (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), Hebei, Beijing, Shandong, Zhejiang, Hunan and Hubei and other places.

2. Abroad: Russia, Siberia, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

III. Appearance characteristics

The body length of the brown-black snake is about 1.5 meters, and the weight is 0.5-1.5 kilograms. The color of the back of the body is usually brown-black and shiny; the color of the abdomen is gray-white, and there are more obvious black or yellow markings.

PS: The color of the brown and black brocade snake will vary depending on the place of origin. For example, individuals from Northeast China are darker in color, usually black; individuals from Zhejiang and Hunan are lighter in color; individuals from Beijing The individual color is more bright, and there are obvious patterns.

4. Habits

1. Habitat

Brown and black snakes mainly live in grass, cultivated land, plains and forests in mountainous areas On the other hand, they occasionally appear in places where people live.

2. Eating habits

Brown and black snakes mainly eat some meat, such as rodents and birds, and sometimes they also eat some eggs.

3. Breeding method

The breeding method of brown and black brocade snake is oviparous, and the breeding time is from July to August every year; female snakes can produce 6-21 eggs at a time (40-60 mm x 28-30 mm in diameter, 18-29 g in weight); eggs hatch in 45-60 days. The body length of newborn snakes is 27-35 cm and the weight is 8-18 grams.

V. Status of the population

Because the brown and black brocade snake is full of treasures, it has been hunted by humans in large numbers, so that its number has become more and more Less and less, it has been recorded in many protection lists, as follows:

1. China Forestry Administration issued on August 1, 2000 the National Protection of Beneficial or Important Economic and Scientific Research List of Valuable Terrestrial Wildlife.

2. China's Red Book of Endangered Animals is endangered.

Okay, the introduction of the brown and black brocade snake, the editor will stop here! After reading this article, I believe that everyone has a simple understanding of it. If you want to know more about other snakes, please continue to pay attention to this site~