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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Common Malayan Racer @ Coelognathus Flavolineatus

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A familiar rat snake, from urban as well as forested areas. Body rather slender; snout long; midbody scales 19, keeled; ventrals 193-234; subcaudals 89-115; tail about one quarter snout-vent length; dorsum brownish-grey, with a dark stripe from behind eye to above back of mouth, and another one along nape; several short dark stripes or elongated blotches, present on top and sides of body.

Terrestrial and arboreal, inhabiting forested areas in lowlands and disturbed habitats, such as parks and gardens. However, it enters water freely. Its diet includes rodents and birds, as well as frogs and lizards. Clutches of 5-12 eggs are produced, that take 75-90 days to hatch.

Borneoan records of this species are from Brunei, Sarawak, Sabah and Kalimantan. It is widespread in distribution, with a range from Andaman Islands of India, east through Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Vietnam, to Sumatra, Borneo and Java.

1 comment:

the Chameleon said...

Do you know if those are domesticated?