Pseudoxenodon macrops
Pseudoxenodon macrops | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Pseudoxenodon |
Species: | P. macrops
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Binomial name | |
Pseudoxenodon macrops (Blyth, 1855)
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Synonyms | |
Pseudoxenodon macrops, commonly known as the large-eyed bamboo snake or the big-eyed bamboo snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake endemic to Asia.
Description
[edit]P. macrops is a fairly variable species with brownish and almost blackish shades with short crossbars.
Diet
[edit]P. macrops preys on frogs and lizards.[3]
Venom
[edit]P. macrops is a mildly venomous species. However, the potency of its venom is currently unknown.
Reproduction
[edit]P. macrops is an oviparous species. An adult female may lay as many as 10 eggs.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]There are three known subspecies including, the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Pseudoxenodon macrops fukiensis Pope, 1928
- Pseudoxenodon macrops macrops (Blyth, 1855)
- Pseudoxenodon macrops sinensis Boulenger, 1904
Nota bene: A binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pseodoxenodon.
Geographic range
[edit]P. macrops is found in Northeast India (Darjeeling, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, West Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, SW China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Sichuan, Guizhou ?, Gansu).[2] It is also found in Sylhet region of Bangladesh.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Wogan, G.; Vogel, G.; Grismer, L.; Chan-Ard, T. (2012). "Pseudoxenodon macrops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T191926A2016213. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T191926A2016213.en. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Pseudoxenodon macrops at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ a b Das I. 2002. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Pseudoxenodon macrops, p. 43)
- ^ IUCN Bangladesh (2015). Red List of Bangladesh: A Brief on Assessment Result 2015 (PDF). Dhaka, Bangladesh: IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office.
Further reading
[edit]- Blyth E. 1855. Notices and Descriptions of various Reptiles, new or little known [part 2]. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta 23 (3): 287–302. (Tropidonotus macrops, new species, pp. 296–297).
- Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Pseudoxenodon macrops, pp. 340–341).
- Smith MA. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Pseudoxenodon macrops, pp. 311–313).
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Pseudoxenodon
- Snakes of Asia
- Reptiles of Bangladesh
- Reptiles of Bhutan
- Snakes of China
- Reptiles of India
- Reptiles of Laos
- Reptiles of Myanmar
- Reptiles of Nepal
- Reptiles of Thailand
- Reptiles of Malaysia
- Snakes of Vietnam
- Reptiles described in 1855
- Taxa named by Edward Blyth
- Colubrid stubs