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Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti

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Species of snake

Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Pseudoxenodon
Species: P. karlschmidti
Binomial name
Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti
Pope, 1928

Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti, commonly known as the Chinese bamboo snake and Karl Schmidt's false cobra, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in southern China and northern Vietnam. There are three recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, karlschmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. karlschmidti is near streams in forest and shrubland, at altitudes of 500–1,200 m (1,600–3,900 ft), but it has also been found in cropland.

Diet

P. karlschmidti preys predominately upon frogs.

Reproduction

P. karlschmidti is oviparous.

Subspecies

The following three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

  • Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti karlschmidti Pope, 1928
  • Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti popei Gressitt, 1936
  • Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti sinii Fan, 1931

References

  1. ^ China Snakes Working Group. (2014). "Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T191917A2015185. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ^ Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 December 2021.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudoxenodon karlschmidtii, p. 138).

Further reading

  • Fan T-H (1931). "Preliminary Report of Reptiles from Yaoshan, Kwangsi, China". Bulletin of the Department of Biology, College of Science, Sun Yatsen University (11): 1–154. (Pseudoxenodon sinii, new species, p. 72).
  • Gressitt JL (1936). "New Reptiles from Formosa and Hainan". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 49: 117–121. (Pseudoxenodon popei, new species, p. 119).
  • Pope CH (1928). "Seven New Reptiles from Fukien Province, China". American Museum Novitates (320): 1–6. (Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti, new species, pp. 3–4).


Taxon identifiers
Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti


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