The Indian egg snake , or Indian egg-eater [1] ( lat. Elachistodon westermanni ), is a species of snakes from the family of the same that lives in Asia . The only representative of the genus of Indian egg snakes [1] , or Indian egg-eaters [1] ( Elachistodon ). The species name is given in honor of Gerard Westerman [2] .
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infraclass : | Lepidosauromorphs |
| Infrastructure : | Alethinophidia |
| Gender: | Indian Egg Snakes ( Elachistodon Reinhardt, 1863 ) |
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Elachistodon westermanni Reinhardt , 1863 |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 7091 |
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The total length reaches 78–84 cm. The head is small, the body is slender, elongated, compressed laterally. The eyes are large, the pupils are vertical. There are posterior furrowed teeth in the upper jaw. The color is dark olive, brown and black. In the middle of the spine, the scales are yellow. A yellow streak runs through the middle of the black head. The lips are yellow. The belly is white with dark spots.
Inhabits rocky places with shrubs , mountain forests . Climbing trees well. Active at night, feeds on eggs of birds and reptiles.
This is an egg laying snake. The female lays up to 12 eggs.
It lives in northern and western India , Nepal and Bangladesh .
- ↑ 1 2 3 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. 297. - 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
- ↑ The Reptile Database: Elachistodon westermanni
