Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti

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Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Pseudoxenodon
Species:
P. karlschmidti
Binomial name
Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti
Pope, 1928

Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti, commonly known as the Chinese bamboo snake [2] and Karl Schmidt's false cobra, [1] is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in southern China and northern Vietnam. There are three recognized subspecies. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, karlschmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt. [3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. karlschmidti is near streams in forest and shrubland, at altitudes of 500–1,200 m (1,600–3,900 ft), but it has also been found in cropland. [1]

Diet

P. karlschmidti preys predominately upon frogs. [1]

Reproduction

P. karlschmidti is oviparous. [1] [2]

Subspecies

The following three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 China Snakes Working Group. (2014). "Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014: e.T191917A2015185. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 19 December 2021.
  3. 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 karlschmidtii, p. 138).

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