The OFFAL SNAKE

The offal snake was a kind of snake that was not venomous. His scientific name was Sibynophis geminatus. His name in English was collared snake or striped litter snake. It was long that the whole body generally around 50cm, but was also that exceeded 60cm. The head and the body almost were not different, so as his form was similar to the long pencil or the small spear.The characteristics especially are located to the thick necklace was orange in tengkuk,with a pair of yellow tape rather orange brownish that lie alongside on his back (geminatus = teamed up). The colour of the old back of the chocolate rest reddish,with the black line soft interrupted among the colour of chocolate with the yellow tape. The head of young chocolate, with the upper lip was white. The low side of the body (ventral) yellow under the neck,yellow young until white greenness on the side behind; in a very spotty manner black was uniform in the lateral limit. The slice of the coloured eyes yellowish. For that did not know him, this snake was often misled with the chilli snake (Maticora intestinalis) that was venomous,that almost was the same the size. In fact the offal snake apart from being not venomous also domesticated, did not want biting. The dorsal scale (the back) was compiled in 17 rows. The scale ventral totalled 144-180, the anal scale took a short cut, and the scale subkaudal between 73-96 pairs. The scale of the upper lip (supralabial) 8 pairs, that were 3rd until the 5 touched the eyes.