Ordinary decorated snake [1] ( lat. Chrysopelea ornata ) - a species of snakes from the family of the already distinctive .
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The total length reaches from 100 to 130 cm. The head is compressed laterally, clearly delimited from the body. The body is slender, thin, the tail is quite long. It differs from the closely related species Chrysopelea paradisi in large size and keeled scales on the back and sides. The color is green, but the edges of the dorsal scales and the skin between them are black. The belly and labial flaps are light yellow. On the head there is a pattern of black and light stripes and spots. Sometimes the stripes are yellow or orange.
He loves various biotopes , often found near human settlements, in gardens, at the edges of primary and secondary tropical forests. Active during the day. It feeds on lizards, frogs, and sometimes small mammals.
Capable of planning a flight. An ordinary decorated snake and a flying dragon ( Draco volans ) are a clear example of parallel evolution, when prey began to fly, the hunter also learned to fly.
Oviparous snake. The female lays from 6 to 12 eggs. The incubation period lasts 3 months. Cubs hatch with a length of 11 to 15 cm [2] .
The species is common in China, India, on the island of Sri Lanka , in Myanmar, Thailand, western Malaysia, Laos , Cambodia, Vietnam , Indonesia and the Philippines.
Notes
- ↑ Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. The five-language dictionary of animal names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- S. 289. - 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
- ↑ Daniels, JC (2002) The Book of Indian Reptiles and Amphibians, BNHS & Oxford University Press, Mumbai, pp 106-107.
Literature
- Grismer, L. Lee; Thy Neang, Thou Chav, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Jamie R. Oaks, Jeremy Holden, Jesse L. Gr 2008. Additional amphibians and reptiles from the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary in Northwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia, with comments on their taxonomy and the discovery of three new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56 (1): 161-175