Designation: PET1347
English name: Elaphe taeniura.
Elaphe taeniura is a large, non-venom-free snake, which is referred to in different places, such as Sichuan, Guizhou, etc. Due to its high medicinal value, Black Eyebrow snakes are often hunted down by humans and their numbers continue to decline sharply. And the black eyebrow snakes now found nine sub-species.
Chinese literary name:
Chinese alias: Caves, Caves, Cavebras, Vegetables, Yellow Long Bugs, eel Snakes, Star Snakes, Flowers, Twins.
Two words: Elaphe taeniura
Area: Animal
Gate: Phylum Chordata
Amen: Vertebrata
A: Reptilla
Platform: Diapsida, Lepidosaria
Aim: Squamata
Asia: Serpentes
Section: Megapodiidae
Elaphe
Specs: Black Eyebrow Viper
Distribution: Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Gansu, Tibet, Sichuan, Anhui, Hainan, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, Guizhou, Provinces (districts) of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Henan and Shaanxi. Black Eyebrow Viper Characteristics
The black eyebrow snake, although large in size, is fortunately non-venom-free, is safer to raise, and can grow up to about 2 metres. This snake-eating rat, known as the "Home Snake" in the south, is known as the "King of Rat Catcher".
The head and body of the black eyebrow snakes are yellow, green or brown grey; there is a visible black thread behind the eye, which is also the main basis for the name of the snake; there are black ladders or butterfly stripes in the front and the middle of the body back, which are slightly like the scales, and are therefore called the scales of the snakes; the stripes are lost from the middle of the body's back, but there are four clear black strips straight to the end, and the mid-line backs are weak.
The main distinguishing feature of the black eyebrow snake is the extension of two visible black stripes to the neck, in the shape of black eyebrows, and therefore the term “black eyebrows”. The back is brown grey or khaki, with a visible black stripe on both sides of the body starting at the end of the end, followed by four black stripes extending to the tail. White abdomen, about 1.7 meters long, and large people raising knowledge around 2.3 meters of black-brow snakes.
The black eyebrows were more violent, especially when they were frightened, when their necks were raised in an instant to indicate an attack on the enemy and when their bodies were in the form of “S”. When the external temperature rises to 24-31°C, its predators thrive, its activities are more frequent and it becomes more intense. The black-brow snake mates around May each year and lays eggs from 6 to 12 in July. The incubation period is about 35 to 50 days, but the incubation of eggs is highly influenced by temperature, with individual maximums of up to two months. The black eyebrow snake.
Black-brow snakes enjoy living flesh such as birds, rats but have no appetite for frogs. Under the conditions of artificial breeding, it is possible to feed obsolete quail and chickens, taking into account the economic benefits. Since the snake is non-venomous, it can be raised boldly if you like.
When a stranger approaches, he strikes hard; when a mouse is thrown, he reacts quickly, his head turns in the direction of the mouse, while the front of the body rises up to make an offensive bite; then the speed of the attack is as fast as a string arrow, which will normally hold the prey precisely; and when a mouse flees, the snakes wait again to bite until the prey is captured. After the bite, the mouth is not relaxed and the body is entangled and squeezed. In some cases, the mouse bleeds in the eyes, nose and mouth until the prey dies of asphyxiation, and then finds its head and swallows it. Sometimes hungry people begin to swallow from the back of rats, depending on the size of the prey. In most cases, it takes 3 to 5 minutes to swallow about 50 grams; if the prey is larger, it takes longer. When the consumption is greater than 250 g, it is seen to stretch its throat out of the corner to ensure normal breathing, which takes about 25 to 40 minutes to successfully swallow the food into its stomach.
Ingestion is the essential basis for animal survival and population reproduction. Black-brow snakes tend to eat in a loitering manner, often in areas where small animals are present, with particularly high rates of feeding, and as long as small animals pass from their vicinity, they are in danger of dying.