The silt snake [1] , or the horn snake [1] ( Farancia abacura ) is a species of snakes from the family of the antarctica [2] .
| Silt snake |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infraclass : | Lepidosauromorphs |
| Infrastructure : | Alethinophidia |
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| International scientific name |
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Farancia abacura Holbrook , 1836 |
| Security status |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 63779 |
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The total length reaches from 1 to 1.4 m [3] , the maximum length is 2 m [4] . The head is small. The body is thin and slender, cylindrical in cross section. The tail is short. The color is shiny reddish-gray, gray-violet or steel. The belly is red. Transverse stripes of red color extend from it to the sides.
Lives in swamps, along the banks of muddy ponds. Leads a secretive, nocturnal lifestyle. In the afternoon hides in holes. It feeds mainly on amphibians and their larvae, as well as worms and fish .
This is an egg laying snake. Reproduction begins in April-May. 8 weeks after mating, the female lays 4–80, sometimes 104 eggs. Cubs are born 20 cm long.
The species is common in the southeastern United States .
- Farancia abacura abacura (Holbrook, 1836)
- Farancia abacura reinwardtii (Schlegel, 1837)
- ↑ 1 2 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. 301 .-- 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
- ↑ The Reptile Database: Farancia abacura
- ↑ Missouri Department of Conservation. 2013. Western Mud Snake Archived on September 7, 2011. MDC Online.
- ↑ The University of Georgia. 2008. Mud Snake Archived September 29, 2011 at Wayback Machine The University of Georgia: Museum of Natural History.
- Karges, JP & McDaniel, VR, 1982. The nomenclatural history and type specimens of Farancia abacura. Journal of Herpetology 16 (2): 183
- Conant, R. & Collins, JT 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern / Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston / New York), xx + 450 p.
