The red-spotted snake that I want to share in this article is a ferocious one. Once it encounters an enemy, it will bite and hold on, and the target of the bite is quite clear. Below, the editor will mainly give you a good introduction to the red-spotted snake.

I. Basic information

1, Chinese name: red-spotted snake

2, alias: red-chain snake

3, Latin name: Dinodon

4. Kingdom: Animalia

5. Door: Chordate

6. Subphylum: Vertebrate Subphylum

7. Class: Reptile

8, Subclass: Biporia

9, Order: Snake

10, Suborder: Neospermia

11 , Family: Snake family

12, Subfamily: Snake subfamily

13, Genus: Chain Snake

14, Species: Red Chain Snake

15. Distribution area: Mainland China, Taiwan and North Korea, Japan

2. Morphological characteristics

1. Body type: body type It can grow up to 1.5 meters long and weigh 1 to 1.5 kilograms.

2. Head: The head is relatively broad and flat, with an obvious triangular shape. The color of the head scales is black, with obvious red edges, and there is a ya-shaped pattern on the back of the head.

3. Kiss: The snout scales are higher and can be seen from the back.

4. Nose: The front end of the nose is oval, and the scales between the noses are smaller.

5. Body: The body is black with about 70 narrow red horizontal stripes.

6. Abdomen: The ventral surface is pale yellow or white, with dark brown markings on both sides of the abdominal scales.

7. Tail: short and thin.

Three, living habits

1. Activity: The red-spotted snake is a nocturnal snake, mostly in the evening, and it is active after 10 o'clock in the evening. During the day, they generally hide in cracks in walls, rocks, and caves, with their heads tucked under their bodies and curled up motionless. In addition, they are lazy and do not like to move, their crawling speed is quite slow, and they will move quickly only when they are frightened.

2. Food: generally toads, small freshwater fish, loach, chicks, young birds and rodents.

3. Habitat: They mainly inhabit in They can also be seen in plains, hills and mountains, and sometimes in fields, hillsides, roadsides, bamboo forests, cottages, near bodies of water, and around houses.

4. Reproduction: The snake is oviparous. It usually mates from May to June, and lays eggs from July to August. The number of eggs laid each time is about 7 to 15, and the incubation period is about 40 to 50 days.

About the introduction of the red-spotted snake, I will share it here today. If you want to know more about pets, please continue to pay attention to this site! Finally, a friendly reminder: The red-spotted snake is a wild animal protected by the state, and it is illegal to illegally hunt and kill it~