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Buff Striped Keelback - eating a frog

Amphiesma stolatum

Description:

The buff striped keelback is diurnal, and although mostly seen on land, it can readily take to water. It has long rear teeth for catching frogs and toads. The buff striped keelback is nonvenomous and totally harmless. When alarmed, it inflates its body causing the bright interscale colours to be exposed. Sometimes, the snake flattens and narrows its head to form a hood. This behaviour sometimes causes the species to be mistaken by laypersons for a baby cobra.

Habitat:

The buff striped keelback inhabits river banks, marshy areas and wetlands but is also commonly found in fields, open countrysides and overgrown grassy patches during the monsoon season.

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77 Comments (1–25)

grade-78-science10
grade-78-science10 7 years ago

this snake looks like a cobra,but is smaller than the cobra,but his appetite was amazing,it can eat down a life frog.

triggsturner
triggsturner 8 years ago

What a great series. The cycle of life.

yunseong1
yunseong1 9 years ago

Really amazing!

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 9 years ago

Amazing set of shots! Thank you for sharing :)

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 9 years ago

Thank you bg11a8, staccyh and Searra !!

staccyh
staccyh 9 years ago

Wow, great series. What an amazing find :)

bg11a8
bg11a8 10 years ago

great series!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

Thank you Alejandra!

Awesome

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

thanks Kalee!

congratz!!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

thank you Gopal :-)

Gopal murali
Gopal murali 11 years ago

congrats bro..:)

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

thanks Arun !!

Arun
Arun 11 years ago

Cngrts Nuwan :)

Uday
Uday 11 years ago

welcome! :)

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

thank you Uday , sofiar1 , Toshimi and Maria !

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Wow, what an amazing series. Kind of makes you wish it would bite the frog and kill it before swallowing it alive though. Congratulations on your SOTD!

ToshimiDowaki
ToshimiDowaki 11 years ago

Exciting series! Congratulations Nuwan!!

Uday
Uday 11 years ago

congrats nuwan!
great series

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

thank you Jolly ,Reza and Ary !

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Congratulations Nuwan....well deserved :)

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Congratulations Nuwan

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Many thanks for the nice words and encouragement guys 'n gals :-)

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

WOW fantastic series Nuwan
Congratulations :):)

NuwanChathuranga
Spotted by
NuwanChathuranga

Western Province, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Aug 27, 2012
Submitted on Aug 27, 2012

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