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Red Cylinder Snake

Verified Shared Species

Photo: Abu Hamas (iNaturalist) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (May be cropped or resized)

Cylindrophis ruffus

Adults can grow to about 1 m in length, and no subspecies are currently recognised. The dorsal scales are smooth (Wikipedia, general species account). Adults can grow to 39 in (1 m) in length. The dorsal scales are smooth, in 19 or 21 rows, with 186–245 ventrals, which are not quite twice as large as the contiguous dorsal scales. the anal plate is divided, and five to 10 subcaudals. Compared to other snakes, C. ruffus have a limited gape size. (Wikipedia, general species account).

The red-tailed pipe snake, also called the red cylinder snake or common pipe snake, is a nonvenomous cylindrophiid snake found in Southeast Asia. The red-tailed pipe snake, red cylinder snake, or common pipe snake (Cylindrophis ruffus) is a nonvenomous cylindrophiid snake species found in Southeast Asia. Their primary diet comprises long, thin prey animals including snakes, caecilians, and eels. Its recorded distribution includes Myanmar and southern China (Fujian, Hong Kong and on Hainan Island), south into Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and the East Indies to Indonesia (the Riau Archipelago, Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Buton and the Sula Islands. (Wikipedia, general species account).

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