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Spotted Ground Snake

Gongylosoma baliodeirus

Description:

A small snake with head slightly wider than neck and a blunt snout. Maximum size less than 50cm. The eye is relatively large. The head and body are dark brown, with two rows of small light spots on the back. The spots are conspicuous the entire length in young individuals, but fade near midbody in older snakes. The labial scales are white, edged with black.

Habitat:

Tropical forest

Notes:

New Organism to Project Noah

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2 Comments

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 7 years ago

Thanks, @Daniele :)

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 7 years ago

Beautiful snake and images Albert!

AlbertKang
Spotted by
AlbertKang

Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia

Spotted on Nov 20, 2016
Submitted on Dec 10, 2016

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