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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Pseudoxenodon |
Species: | P. inornatus
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Binomial name | |
Pseudoxenodon inornatus (
F. Boie, 1827)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The dull bamboo snake (Pseudoxenodon inornatus), also known commonly as the Javanese false cobra, is a species of snake in the subfamily Pseudoxenodontidae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Indonesia. [2] There are three recognized subspecies.
P. inornatus lives in bamboo and wet montane forests. [1]
P. inornatus may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 40 cm (16 in), plus a tail length of 7 cm (2.8 in). [3] Its dorsal scales are arranged in 19 rows. [3] It can spread its neck similar to a cobra. [2]
P. inornatus is oviparous. [2]
The following three subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized as being valid. [2]
The subspecific name, jacobsonii, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Edward Richard Jacobson (1870–1944). [4]
Dull bamboo snake | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Pseudoxenodon |
Species: | P. inornatus
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Binomial name | |
Pseudoxenodon inornatus (
F. Boie, 1827)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The dull bamboo snake (Pseudoxenodon inornatus), also known commonly as the Javanese false cobra, is a species of snake in the subfamily Pseudoxenodontidae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Indonesia. [2] There are three recognized subspecies.
P. inornatus lives in bamboo and wet montane forests. [1]
P. inornatus may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 40 cm (16 in), plus a tail length of 7 cm (2.8 in). [3] Its dorsal scales are arranged in 19 rows. [3] It can spread its neck similar to a cobra. [2]
P. inornatus is oviparous. [2]
The following three subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized as being valid. [2]
The subspecific name, jacobsonii, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Edward Richard Jacobson (1870–1944). [4]