''Psammodynastes pulverulentus'', the common mock viper, is a species of
snake
Snakes are elongated, Limbless vertebrate, limbless, carnivore, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other Squamata, squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping Scale (zoology), scales. Ma ...
native to Asia.
Mock viper is a small snake (total length up to , less in males), but it will form defensive coils and strike in viper-like fashion when threatened.
Distribution
The common mock viper is known from Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, China (Fujian, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan,
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
), north-eastern India (Assam, Sikkim, Darjelling;Jalpaiguri; Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh), Bhutan, Indonesia (Bali, Bangka, Borneo, Butung, Enggano, Flores, Java, Kalimantan, Komodo, Lombok, Mentawai Archipelago, Natuna Archipelago, Padar, Riau Archipelago, Rinca, Sangihe Archipelago, Sulawesi, Sula Archipelago, Sumatra, Sumba, Sumbawa, Togian Archipelago), Laos, Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia, Pulau Tioman), Nepal, the Philippines (Balabac, Basilan, Bohol, Bongao, Busuanga, Dinagat, Jolo, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Negros, Palawan, Panay, Polillo, Samar), Taiwan, Thailand (incl. Phuket), and Vietnam.
[ It has been reported from Singapore.][https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/184062/1746457]
Subspecies ''Psammodynastes pulverulentus papenfussi'' is endemic to Taiwan.
Gallery
File:Psammodynastes pulverulentus.jpg, Psammodynastes pulverulentus, Nam Nao National Park.
Image:Psammodynastes pulverulentus 2.jpg, Psammodynastes pulverulentus, Common mock viper - Phu Kradueng National Park
Phu Kradueng National Park ( th, อุทยานแห่งชาติภูกระดึง), in the Si Than sub-district of Amphoe Phu Kradueng, Loei Province, is one of the best known national parks of Thailand. It has a high point ...
References
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/184062/1746457
External links
Reptiles in Hong Kong – ''Psammodynastes pulverulentus'' (Boie, 1827), Mock Viper 紫沙蛇
Mock Viper - Thailand
Pseudaspididae
Snakes of Asia
Reptiles of Bangladesh
Reptiles of Cambodia
Snakes of China
Reptiles of India
Reptiles of Indonesia
Reptiles of Laos
Reptiles of Malaysia
Reptiles of Myanmar
Reptiles of Nepal
Reptiles of the Philippines
Reptiles of Taiwan
Reptiles of Thailand
Snakes of Vietnam
Taxa named by Friedrich Boie
Reptiles described in 1827
Reptiles of Borneo
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