Species of Thailand
Dwarf reed snake
Pseudorabdion longiceps
(Theodore Edward Cantor, 1847)
In Thai: งูพงอ้อหัวยาว, ngu pong ao hua yaw
Pseudorabdion longiceps, the dwarf reed snake or Cantor's dwarf reed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines.
Behavior
Dwarf reed snakes have been filmed "cartwheeling" as an escape mechanism, superficially similar to the behavior of the legendary hoop snake.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Calamariidae
- Genus
- Pseudorabdion
- Species
- Pseudorabdion longiceps
Common names
- German: Binden-Riednatter
- English:
- Dwarf reed snake
- Long-headed reed snake
- Cantor's dwarf reed snake
- Thai: งูพงอ้อหัวยาว, ngu pong ao hua yaw
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
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Range Map
- Bang Lang National Park
- Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary
- Narathiwat Province
- Sirindhorn Peat Swamp Forest
- Sukhirin District, Narathiwat
- Than To District, Yala
- Yala Province