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Greater Green Snake Collection Image, Figure 1, Total 11 Figures
Greater Green Snake Collection Image, Figure 2, Total 11 Figures
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Greater Green Snake Collection Image, Figure 4, Total 11 Figures
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Greater Green Snake
  • species_info
    • english title:Greater Green Snake
    • scientific_name:Cyclophiops major
    • DIVISION:Chordata
    • subphylum:Vertebrata
    • class:Reptilia
    • subclass:Eureptilia
    • orders:Squamata
    • suborder:Ophidia
    • family:Colubridae
    • subfamily:Colubrinae
    • genus:Cyclophiops
    • species:major
    • species_author:(Gunther)
    • species_pub_year:1858
    • common name
      • common name english:Taiwan Green Snake, Smooth Green Snake, Green Vine Snake
  • collection_content
    • collection_info
      • quantity:1
    • collection_feature
      • S-V length:885  mm
      • SEX:MA
    • collection_record
      • catalog no:TMRS0010
      • CAT_NO:RE.0152
      • :1945/11/13
  • gdesc_info
    • GDESC:青蛇,Cyclophiops major (Gunther, 1858),黃颔蛇科 Colubridae
      性別:雌性幼體,吻肛長:475 mm,尾長:135 mm。浸液標本。
      全長最大約130公分,頭呈橢圓形,瞳孔圓形,全身鱗片光滑,頭背面鱗片大而明顯,體背面一致的青綠或翠綠色,無斑紋,腹面黃色,尾細長;性情溫和;體中段鱗列數15列。
      全島500公尺以下的低海拔地區;另中國大陸南部、北越也有分布。日行性,喜棲於竹林、果園等開墾地區及次生林中。卵生,產卵季在夏天,每窩產的卵數約為4~13枚,剛出生的幼蛇全長約26公分。以昆蟲幼蟲、蚯蚓等為食。本種常被人誤認為是赤尾青竹絲而遭打殺,牠們最明顯的差異是赤尾青竹絲的鱗片粗糙、尾部磚紅色、體側有白色或白紅兩色線條由頸部延伸至尾部、頭呈三角形、瞳孔垂直等。