Elaphe flavolineata (non-poisonous snake)

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Elaphe flavolineata (non-poisonous snake)

Species: Elaphe flavolineata Schlegel, 1837
N.I. : Common Racer, Snake Coffee (Java), Snake puspo brele (Java).
a. Characteristic features :

  • The dorsal body is brown or greyish with a rectangular black stripe with white on the front
  • There is a longitudinal black line on the vertebral (spinal)
  • The back of the body is dark brown or black
  • The ventral body is yellow, brown or blackish
  • The length is ± 2400 mm
  • At a time of anger or feeling threatened will fold the front of his body that flatters like the letter S, then open his mouth to attack
    b. Habitat: Land-Lading
    c. Activity: Diurnal - during the day
    d. Food: Lizards, frogs and birds
    e. Population: Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Penang