Sansuo Jinshen has been included in the List of Beneficial or Important Economic and Scientific Research Terrestrial Wild Animals Protected by the State issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.

Sansuojin snake is a non-venomous snake, Great as a pet snake. Because its muscles contain protein, peptides, amino acids, fats and other ingredients, it is often hunted as food, and the three-snake snake is now listed as an endangered animal.