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.
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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. macrops
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| Pseudoxenodon macrops (Blyth, 1855)
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Description edit
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P. macrops is a fairly variable species with brownish and almost blackish shades with short crossbars.
Diet edit
Venom edit
P. macrops is a mildly venomous species. However, the potency of its venom is currently unknown.
Reproduction edit
P. macrops is an oviparous species. An adult female may lay as many as 10 eggs.[3]
Subspecies edit
There are three known subspecies including, the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Pseudoxenodon macrops fukiensis Pope, 1928
- Pseudoxenodon macrops macrops (Blyth, 1855)
- Pseudoxenodon macrops sinensis Boulenger, 1904
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 edit
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).[2] It is also found in Sylhet region of Bangladesh.[4]
References edit
- ^ Wogan, G.; Vogel, G.; Grismer, L.; Chan-Ard, T. (2012). "Pseudoxenodon macrops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T191926A2016213. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T191926A2016213.en. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Pseudoxenodon macrops at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ a b Das I. 2002. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Pseudoxenodon macrops, p. 43)
- ^ IUCN Bangladesh (2015). Red List of Bangladesh: A Brief on Assessment Result 2015 (PDF). Dhaka, Bangladesh: IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office.
Further reading edit
- Blyth E. 1855. Notices and Descriptions of various Reptiles, new or little known [part 2]. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta 23 (3): 287–302. (Tropidonotus macrops, new species, pp. 296–297).
- Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Pseudoxenodon macrops, pp. 340–341).
- Smith MA. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Pseudoxenodon macrops, pp. 311–313).
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