Agkistrodon halys is also known as Agkistrodon acutus, Agkistrodon acutus, White Snake, Chessboard Snake, Silk Snake, Baibu Snake, Lazy Snake, Snaker, Big White Snake, etc. It is a famous snake unique to China. Morphological characteristics: The snake is large, with a body length of 2 meters, or even more than 2 meters. The head is a large triangle, and the snout tip is pointed and upward; The back scale has strong edges and has scale holes. The back of the head is brownish black or brownish brown. The head side is brownish black from the snout scale through the eyes to the upper lip scale of the mouth corner, and the lower part is yellow-white. Because the color of the upper part of the head is deep above the eye level, it is difficult to see the eye clearly. People mistakenly think that Agkistrodon acutus is often in a closed state. In fact, all snakes have no active eyelids, and the eyes are always open. The head, abdomen and throat are white, with a few dark brown spots scattered. The back of the body is dark brown or yellow-brown, with 15-20 pieces of gray white square large class; The ventral surface is gray white, with two rows of nearly circular black patches on both sides, and irregular small spots; There are also 2-5 gray square spots on the back of the tail, and the rest are dark brown: the tail is thin and short, and the tail tip is horny, commonly known as “Buddha nail”. Life habits: living in mountainous or hilly areas with an altitude of 100-1300 meters, but mostly in caves in valleys and streams with a low altitude of 300-800 meters
Post time: Feb-03-2023