Trihedral floating already

Trihedral floating already
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animals
Type of:	Chordate
Grade:	Reptiles
Squad:	Scaly
Suborder:	Snakes
Family:	Already
Gender:	Fishing anglers
View:	Trihedral floating already
Latin name
	Xenochrophis trianguligerus ( Boie , 1827)
Synonyms
	Tropidonotus trianguligerus; Natrix trianguligera; Sinonatrix trianguligerus;

The trihedral swimming snake ^[1] ( lat. Xenochrophis trianguligerus ) is a non-toxic snake of the family of the antarctica .

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Description

Triangles on the body

The total length reaches 1.35 m. The head is somewhat elongated, somewhat compressed laterally. The body is slim. Dorsal scales are keeled. This is one of the most beautiful representatives of the genus. A characteristic feature is orange-red or orange-yellow spots on the sides, separated from each other by black transverse stripes. These strips often have a pronounced triangular shape, for which the form got its Latin name. The dorsal side of the trunk and head are olive green or olive brown. Bright spots on the sides are not clearly defined in all individuals, sometimes they are represented only by colored patches of skin between the green scales, which become clearly visible only when the snake "inflates".

Lifestyle

He loves the plain primary forests. Active during the day. Leads a semi-aquatic lifestyle. It feeds on fish, frogs, often eats masonry frog caviar.

This is an egg laying snake. The female lays up to 10 eggs.

Distribution

It lives in the following countries: Brunei , Myanmar , India , Cambodia , Laos , Vietnam , Malaysia , Singapore , Thailand , as well as on most islands of Indonesia .

Notes

↑ Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- S. 329. - 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .

Literature

Grossmann, W. & Tillack, F. 2001. Bemerkungen zur Herpetofauna des Khao Lak, Phang Nga, thailändische Halbinsel. Teil II: Reptilia: Serpentes; Testudines; Diskussion. Sauria 23 (1): 25-40
Biology: Complex dovnik. /R. V. Shalamov, Yu. V. Dmitriev, V. І. Piedmont. - X .: Vesta: View of the "Wound", 2006. - 624 p.
Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp.

[1] Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- S. 329. - 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .