The Shining Scale Snake is a docile, non-venomous snake that exhibits a dazzling metallic luster in the sun, making many reptile enthusiasts fall for it. But it is not a good thing to have a high appearance, because it will attract many snake catchers. These people want to catch flash-scale snakes all over the world in order to make money, which has caused the current number of flash-scale snakes to drop sharply.

In order to protect the snake scale snake, my country has listed it as a second-class protected animal. But to truly protect them, we all need to get involved. I hope that after reading the introduction about the flash-scale snake below, you can join the team with the editor to protect the flash-scale snake.

1. Basic information

【Chinese name】Shining scale snake

【Foreign name】Xenopeltis unicolor Reinwardt

【Alias】Sunlight snake

【Distribution 】China, Vietnam, Thailand, India, Laos, Bangladesh, etc.

【toxic】non-toxic

Second, appearance characteristics

Body length: The total length of the scorpion is 32-71 cm, and the tail length is only 32-71 cm. It is about 1/12 of the body length, about 4.0-7.4 cm.

Head: The head is slightly smaller and flattened, with a rounded blunt snout, and its width is about 2-3 times that of the adjacent dorsal scales.

BODY: The trunk is cylindrical and the tail is very short.

Color: overall metallic luster, bluish-brown on the back of the head and body, grayish white on the ventral surface, and light blue-gray or light brown on the head and abdomen.

Integument: no cheek scales, one pair of parietal scales on the front and back of the head, and a single interparietal scale around the center. In addition, the dorsal scales are slightly hexagonal and smooth, the free margins are rounded, and the ventral and inferior caudal scales vary according to gender.

Three, life habits

Diet: Snakes feed on frogs, snakes, lizards, birds and small rodents, and will strangle their prey.

Activity: Generally, they like to be active at night, and during the day they stay in some soft soil in the woods, such as under dead branches and leaves, under dead wood, under stones, etc.

Environment: It is a burrowing creature, prefers humid and shady places, and has a very high environmental humidity. Generally, it can only be found in areas with an altitude of 400-1000m.

IV. Conservation level

International: Snake scale snake has been included in the 2013 Red List of Threatened Species ver3 of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) .1—Near Threatened (NT).

Domestic: The snake scale snake was once included in the List of Beneficial or Important Economic and Scientific Research Terrestrial Wildlife Protected by the State issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000. , which belonged to the three protected animals at that time. However, due to its declining numbers in recent years, it is now included in the second-level list of China's National Key Protected Wildlife List.

Although there are some transaction information of the Scaled Snake on the Internet, if you trade privately, you may be punished by law. I hope you don't try the law!