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Rhabdophis subminiatus
Dark colored head, bordered by a yellow collar, behind which the coloration has a reddish hue, fading to olive in a few inches. The head is slightly broader than the body. Length less than 3 feet.
Adjacent to a small stream. Altitude 1000m.
Until very recently, this snake was considered to be quite harmless and very popular as a pet. It does not have those dangerous twin fangs at the front of the jaws associated with venomous snakes. This is a colubrid snake (back-fanged snake) which has no venom apparatus for injecting venom into its victims, but instead, its Duvernoy’s glands secrete a mixture of coagulation enzymes into the saliva which is injected into the victim by grooved fangs.
Spotted on Jun 21, 2013
Submitted on Jun 21, 2013
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