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Common Scaled Water Snake Collection Image, Figure 1, Total 11 Figures
Common Scaled Water Snake Collection Image, Figure 2, Total 11 Figures
Common Scaled Water Snake Collection Image, Figure 3, Total 11 Figures
Common Scaled Water Snake Collection Image, Figure 4, Total 11 Figures
Common Scaled Water Snake Collection Image, Figure 5, Total 11 Figures
Common Scaled Water Snake Collection Image, Figure 6, Total 11 Figures
Common Scaled Water Snake Collection Image, Figure 7, Total 11 Figures
Common Scaled Water Snake Collection Image, Figure 8, Total 11 Figures
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Common Scaled Water Snake Collection Image, Figure 10, Total 11 Figures
Common Scaled Water Snake Collection Image, Figure 11, Total 11 Figures
Common Scaled Water Snake
  • species_info
    • english title:Common Scaled Water Snake
    • scientific_name:Fowlea flavipunctata
    • DIVISION:Chordata
    • subphylum:Vertebrata
    • class:Reptilia
    • subclass:Eureptilia
    • orders:Squamata
    • suborder:Ophidia
    • family:Colubridae
    • subfamily:Natricinae
    • genus:Fowlea
    • species:flavipunctata
    • species_author:(Hallowell)
    • species_pub_year:1860
    • common name
      • common name english:Fishing Snake, Grass Flower, Kuan-Yin Snake
  • collection_content
    • collection_locality
      • country_id:tw
      • country_en:Republic of China
      • subdivision_1_en:Taiwan Province
      • subdivision_2_en:Taipei County
      • subdvision_3_en:Shenkeng Township
      • locality_en:Shenkeng Township
    • collection_info
      • collection_date:1938/01/01
      • Collection Date:1938/01/01
      • quantity:1
    • collection_feature
      • S-V length:564  mm
      • SEX:MA
    • collection_record
      • catalog no:TMRS0008
      • CAT_NO:RE.0086
      • :1945/11/13
  • gdesc_info
    • GDESC:草花蛇,Fowlea flavipunctatus (Hallowell, 1860) ,黃颔蛇科 Colubridae
      性別:雄性成體,吻肛長:564 mm,尾長:170 mm。浸液標本。
      草花蛇全長最大約可達120公分,眼下及後各有1條黑色細紋平行的斜向後下方至上唇及嘴角處,後頭部有一細的V或W字型斑紋,體背面橄欖褐色到黃褐色,並雜有許多不規則的黑色斑紋,身體前半段的黑色斑紋呈棋盤狀排列;體中段鱗列數為19列。
      分布於臺灣本島、金門1,000公尺以下地區。另中國大陸南部、巴基斯坦、斯里蘭卡、東南亞也有分布。日行性,喜棲於鄰水田、沼澤等濕地及近水域的農墾地與草生地,本種原本極為常見但近年數量急劇減少。卵生,於春夏間產卵,每窩約可產卵30枚以上,孵化期約2個半月,仔蛇長約19公分。以兩棲、魚、昆蟲、蜥蜴、鳥、鼠等為食。