Pseudorabdion longiceps

Pseudorabdion longiceps
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Pseudorabdion
Species:	P. longiceps
Binomial name
Pseudorabdion longiceps (Cantor, 1847)

Pseudorabdion longiceps, the dwarf reed snake or Cantor's dwarf reed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines. ^{[1] [2]}

Behavior

Dwarf reed snakes have been filmed "cartwheeling" as an escape mechanism, superficially similar to the behavior of the legendary hoop snake. ^[3]

References

1. Grismer, L.; Chan-Ard, T. (2012). "Pseudorabdion longiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T192159A2048681. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. Pseudorabdion longiceps at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 26 February 2016.
3. Quah, E.S.H.; Grismer, L.L.; Anuar, M.S.S. (2023). "Observations and description of a rare escape mechanism in a snake: Cartwheeling in Pseudorabdion longiceps (Cantor, 1847) (Squamata, Colubridea)". Biotropica. 55 (3): 568–572. Bibcode:2023Biotr..55..568Q. doi:10.1111/btp.13213. S2CID   257999227.