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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.
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]
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 .
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) Fornasini's blind snake (Afrotyphlops fornasinii Bianconi, 1847) Gierra's blind snake (Afrotyphlops gierrai Mocquard, 1897)
The Usambara blotched blind-snake (Afrotyphlops usambaricus) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. [1] [2] [3] References
Nerodia is a genus of nonvenomous colubrid snakes commonly referred to as water snakes due to their aquatic behavior. The genus includes nine species , all native to North America . Five of the species have recognized subspecies .
Elaphe bimaculata, the twin-spotted ratsnake or Chinese leopard snake, is a small ratsnake (60–80 cm) found in China. It occurs as both blotched and striped phase, with the blotched type being the more common or "typical" phase. Some specimens even exhibit a pattern of half blotched, half striped where the anterior half is usually blotched ...
Plain snakes usually adopt active hunting strategies, as their pattern allows them to send little information to prey about motion. Blotched snakes usually use ambush-based strategies, likely because it helps them blend into an environment with irregularly shaped objects, like sticks or rocks.