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The blotched snake is a large snake reaching a total body length of up to 2 m, however, in 1930, Constantin Kirițescu mentioned a 2.60 m specimen captured by Dombrovsky in 1901 at Cernavodă, which he personally studied. Some consider that this account takes inspiration from the local legends about giant snakes.
Ficimia publia (common name: blotched hooknose snake) is a species of colubrid snake, indigenous to southern Mexico (Yucatan, Jalisco, and Morelos), Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. [ 2 ] Appearance
Spalerosophis diadema, known commonly as the Blotched diadem snake and the Blotched royal snake, is a species of large snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia and northern Africa .
The blotched blind snake (Afrotyphlops congestus) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. [1] [2] It is distributed from eastern Nigeria through much of Middle Africa to Uganda. [1] [2] It is a fossorial species that occurs in humid forests, and particularly in the east, in gallery forests. It feeds on ants and termites. [1]
Hooknose snakes are typically gray or olive green in color, with brown or black blotching down the back, and a cream-colored underside. They grow to a total length of 5–11 in (13–28 cm) and have a distinct upturned snout, which is similar to that of hognose snakes (genus Heterodon), and is used to aid in burrowing in loose, sandy soil.
Calabresi's blind snake (Afrotyphlops calabresii Gans & Laurent, 1965) Chirio's blind snake (Afrotyphlops chirioi Trape, 2019) Blotched blind snake (Afrotyphlops congestus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844) Wedge-snouted blind snake (Afrotyphlops cuneirostris W. Peters, 1879) Elegant blind snake (Afrotyphlops elegans W. Peters, 1868)
This is a list of snake species known to be found in the U.S. state of Illinois. [1] Concerns and listed statuses come from the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board's February 2011 Checklist of endangered and threatened animals and plants of Illinois and the Illinois Natural History Survey's website.
The Usambara blotched blind-snake (Afrotyphlops usambaricus) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. [1] [2] [3] References