Dull bamboo snake

Dull bamboo snake
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Pseudoxenodon
Species:	P. inornatus
Binomial name
	Pseudoxenodon inornatus; (F. Boie, 1827)
Synonyms
	Xenodon inornatus; F. Boie, 1827; Pseudoxenodon inornatus; — Boulenger, 1893;

Last updated October 02, 2025

The dull bamboo snake (Pseudoxenodon inornatus), also known commonly as the Javanese false cobra, is a species of snake in the subfamily Pseudoxenodontidae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.^[2] There are three recognized subspecies.

Habitat

P. inornatus lives in bamboo and wet montane forests.^[1]

Description

P. inornatus may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 40 cm (16 in), plus a tail length of 7 cm (2.8 in).^[3] Its dorsal scales are arranged in 19 rows.^[3] It can spread its neck similar to a cobra.^[2]

Reproduction

P. inornatus is oviparous.^[2]

Subspecies

The following three subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized as being valid.^[2]

Pseudoxenodon inornatus inornatus(F. Boie, 1827)
Pseudoxenodon inornatus buettikoferi Brongersma & Helle, 1951
Pseudoxenodon inornatus jacobsonii Lidth De Jeude, 1922

Etymology

The subspecific name, jacobsonii, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Edward Richard Jacobson (1870–1944).^[4]

References

1 2 Vogel, G.; Iskandar, D.; Das, I.; Inger, R.F. (2012). "Pseudoxenodon inornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T177511A1490612. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T177511A1490612.en . Retrieved 19 December 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 Pseudoxenodon inornatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 19 December 2021.
1 2 Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Pseudoxenodon inornatus, new combination, p. 272).
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudoxenodon inornatus jacobsoni [sic], p. 132).

Boie F (1827). "Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuchs eines Systems der Amphibien. 1te Lieferung : Ophidier ". Isis von Oken20: 508–566. (Xenodon inornatus, new species, p. 541). (in German and Latin).
Brongersma LD, Helle W (1951). "Notes on Indo-Australian snakes I." Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C, Biological and Medical Sciences54: 3–10. (Pseudoxenodon inornatus büttikoferi, new subspecies).
de Rooij N (1917). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. II. Ophidia. Leiden: E.J. Brill Ltd. xiv + 334 pp. (Pseudoxenodon inornatus, pp. 56–57, Figure 33).
Lidth de Jeude TW (1922). "Snakes from Sumatra". Zoologische Mededeelingingen6: 239–253. (Pseudoxenodon jacobsonii, new species, p. 240).

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 Vogel, G.; Iskandar, D.; Das, I.; Inger, R.F. (2012). "Pseudoxenodon inornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T177511A1490612. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T177511A1490612.en . Retrieved 19 December 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Pseudoxenodon inornatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 19 December 2021.

[Blgr1893-3] 1 2 Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Pseudoxenodon inornatus, new combination, p. 272).

[4] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudoxenodon inornatus jacobsoni [sic], p. 132).

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