Species of Thailand
Large-eyed bamboo snake
Pseudoxenodon macrops
(Edward Blyth, 1855)
In Thai: งูลายสาบตาโต, ngu lai saap dtaa dto
Pseudoxenodon macrops, commonly known as the large-eyed bamboo snake or the big-eyed bamboo snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake endemic to Asia.
Description
P. macrops is a fairly variable species with brownish and almost blackish shades with short crossbars.
Diet
P. macrops preys on frogs and lizards.
Venom
P. macrops is a mildly venomous species. However, the potency of its venom is currently unknown.
Reproduction
P. macrops is an oviparous species. An adult female may lay as many as 10 eggs.
Subspecies
There are three known subspecies including, the nominotypical subspecies.
- Pseudoxenodon macrops fukiensis
- Pseudoxenodon macrops macrops
- Pseudoxenodon macrops sinensis
Nota bene: A binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pseodoxenodon.
Geographic range
P. macrops is found in Northeast India (Darjeeling, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, West Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, SW China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Sichuan, Guizhou ?, Gansu). It is also found in Sylhet region of Bangladesh.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Pseudoxenodontidae
- Genus
- Pseudoxenodon
- Species
- Pseudoxenodon macrops
Common names
- German: Grossaugen-Wassernatter
- English:
- Large-eyed false cobra
- Large-eyed bamboo snake
- Big-eyed bamboo snake
- Mock cobra
- Thai:
- งูลายสาบตาโต, ngu lai saap dtaa dto
- งูลายสาบคอบั้ง, ngu lai sap khor bang
Subspecies
Pseudoxenodon macrops fukiensis, Clifford H. Pope, 1928
Pseudoxenodon macrops macrops, Edward Blyth, 1855
Pseudoxenodon macrops sinensis, George Albert Boulenger, 1904
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
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Range Map
- Dan Sai District, Loei
- Doi Inthanon National Park
- Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park
- Doi Phu Kha National Park
- Doi Suthep - Pui National Park
- Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary
- Kaeng Krachan National Park
- Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khao Yai National Park
- Mae Wang District, Chiang Mai
- Mae Wong National Park
- Nam Nao National Park
- Omkoi District, Chiang Mai
- Op Luang National Park
- Phop Phra District, Tak
- Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park
- Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary
- Phu Ruea National Park
- Phu Suan Sai National Park
- Thong Pha Phum National Park