Species of Thailand
Common bridle snake
Lycodon davisonii
(William Thomas Blanford, 1878)
In Thai: งูปล้องฉนวนอินเดีย (ngoo plong cha-nuan India)
Blanford's bridle snake (Lycodon davisonii), also known commonly as Blanford's bridal snake, is a species of harmless snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia. Blanford's bridle snake is so named because its slim body resembles the bridle used to control horses.
Geographic range
L. davisonii is found in Cambodia, southern China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Etymology
The specific name, davisonii, is in honor of British ornithologist William Ruxton Davison.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of L. davisonii is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1, 500 m.
Behavior
L. davisonii is terrestrial, semiarboreal, and nocturnal.
Diet
L. davisonii preys upon geckos and other small vertebrates.
Reproduction
L. davisonii is oviparous.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Subphylum
- Vertebrata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Lycodon
- Species
- Lycodon davisonii
Common names
- German: Nördliche Zügelnatter
- English:
- Common bridle snake
- Bridle snake
- Blanford's bridal snake
- Thai: งูปล้องฉนวนอินเดีย (ngoo plong cha-nuan India)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
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Range Map
- Amphawa District, Samut Songkhram
- Ao Siam National Park
- Ban Dung District, Udon Thani
- Ban Laem District, Phetchaburi
- Ban Lat District, Phetchaburi
- Ban Phue District, Udon Thani
- Ban Rai District, Uthai Thani
- Bang Krathum District, Phitsanulok
- Bang Pa In District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
- Bang Phae District, Ratchaburi
- Bang Sai District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
- Bangkok Province
- Buachet District, Surin
- Cha-Am District, Phetchaburi
- Chai Badan District, Lopburi
- Chaloem Phra Kiat District, Saraburi
- Chiang Dao District, Chiang Mai
- Chiang Muan District, Phayao
- Chom Bueng District, Ratchaburi
- Dan Makham Tia District, Kanchanaburi
- Det Udom District, Ubon Ratchathani
- Erawan National Park
- Hat Wanakon National Park
- Hot District, Chiang Mai
- Hua Hin District, Prachuap Khiri Khan
- Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary
- Huai Yot District, Trang
- Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi
- Kaeng Krachan National Park
- Kamphaeng Saen District, Nakhon Pathom
- Kantharalak District, Sisaket
- Kanthararom District, Sisaket
- Kap Choeng District, Surin
- Khanom District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Khao Chamao District, Rayong
- Khao Chamao - Khao Wong National Park
- Khao Dinsor (Chumphon Raptor Center)
- Khao Khiao - Khao Chomphu Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khao Luang National Park
- Khao Nang Phanthurat Forest Park
- Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park
- Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khao Sok National Park
- Khao Tha Petch Wildlife Conservation and Developme
- Khao Yai Da
- Khao Yai National Park
- Khelang Banphot National Park
- Khemarat District, Ubon Ratchathani
- Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khlong Wang Chao National Park
- Kho Wang District, Yasothon
- Khueang Nai District, Ubon Ratchathani
- Ko Chang District, Trat
- Ko Kut District, Trat
- Ko Pha Ngan
- Ko Pha-ngan District, Surat Thani
- Ko Samet
- Ko Samui District, Surat Thani
- Ko Talu
- Ko Tao
- Kra Buri District, Ranong
- Kui Buri District, Prachuap Khiri Khan
- Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai
- Mae Wang National Park
- Mu Ko Phetra National Park
- Muang Sam Sip District, Ubon Ratchathani
- Mueang Chumphon District, Chumphon
- Mueang Kanchanaburi District, Kanchanaburi
- Mueang Krabi District, Krabi
- Mueang Lopburi District, Lopburi
- Mueang Mukdahan District, Mukdahan
- Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Mueang Ratchaburi District, Ratchaburi
- Mueang Sakon Nakhon District, Sakon Nakhon
- Mueang Samut Sakhon District, Samut Sakhon
- Mueang Samut Songkhram District, Samut Songkhram
- Mueang Udon Thani District, Udon Thani
- Nam Pat Wildlife Sanctuary
- Namtok Phlio National Park
- Noen Maprang District, Phitsanulok
- Nong Khae District, Saraburi
- Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Pang Mapha District, Mae Hong Son
- Pang Sida National Park
- Phanom District, Surat Thani
- Phanom Dong Rak District, Surin
- Phi Phi Islands
- Phi Phi Islands
- Phra Pradaeng District, Samut Prakan
- Phrom Phiram District, Phitsanulok
- Phu Pha Yon National Park
- Prasat District, Surin
- Sahatsakhan District, Kalasin
- Sai Yok District, Kanchanaburi
- Sakaerat Environmental Research Station
- Sam Phran District, Nakhon Pathom
- Sangkhla Buri District, Kanchanaburi
- Sao Hai District, Saraburi
- Sapphaya District, Chainat
- Sattahip District, Chonburi
- Sawaeng Ha District, Ang Thong
- Sena District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
- Si Chiang Mai District, Nong Khai
- Si Racha District, Chonburi
- Sop Prap District, Lampang
- Sri Nakarin Dam National Park
- Tha Chana District, Surat Thani
- Tha Li District, Loei
- Tha Takiap District, Chachoengsao
- Tha Yang District, Phetchaburi
- Tham Pha Tha Phon Non-Hunting Area
- Thap Sakae District, Prachuap Khiri Khan
- Thep Sathit District, Chaiyaphum
- Thong Pha Phum District, Kanchanaburi
- Thung Salaeng Luang National Park
- Thung Si Udom District, Ubon Ratchathani
- Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary
- Wang Saphung District, Loei
- Warin Chamrap District, Ubon Ratchathani
- Watthana Nakhon District, Sa Kaeo
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