Barron's Kukri Snake

Description:

Its ventral surface is light brown/tan in colour which is lighter along its spine. They have dark blotches at wide intervals along their spine with much narrower and fainter bars between them. Unlike O. fasciolatus the dark blotches and bars do not run down the body to the belly instead they form broken lines and spots along its sides. The head has an eyestripe that runs through both eyes and all the way down below the jaw, as well as another pair of marks behind the eyes with a dark mark between them. There is a dark heart shaped mark on the neck. The ventral surface has a central red-orange stripe running the legnth of its body which is bordered by white and black bars.

Habitat:

They are a terrestrial snake species that can be found in both open, disturbed habitats and lowland evergreen forest, including both primary and secondary forest. In my experience they are commonly found in residential areas and in leaf litter in forests.

Notes:

They are named Kukri Snakes due to their Kukri shaped teeth which they use to open eggs. They are non venomous but their sharp teeth lead to pretty bloody bites. In defense they sometimes raise their tail of the ground to show the bright colouration as a warning and they will also form s-shaped coils and strike out if conrnered.