Euprepiophis mandarina

黃頷蛇科、Colubrinae 亞種
Colubridae, subfamily Colubrinae

140 cm

濱危蛇類。出沒在台灣北、中、東海拔 1000 - 2500 公尺的高海拔山區。

印度，北緬甸，寮國，越南，台灣，中國（西藏東南向西，北至遼寧，不包括海南）。

Medium-sized snake; total length up to 140 cm. There are 17-25 (21-23 at mid-body) rows of scales, which are smooth and shiny. Head is oval with slightly blunt snout; body is medium stout; tail is medium in length. Eye is medium-sized; iris is dark brown to blackish and pupil is round, black, and less distinct from rest of eye. Tongue is flesh-colored with gray fork tips. Upper head is yellow and the labials are white, except three broad, black cross-bands; the anterior one is located on the snout, ending on the first infralabials, the median one extends from top of head, divides over eye, to the labials, and the posterior one extends postolaterally from top of posterior head to base of jaw. Upper body and tail are purplish-gray or even reddish, with a series of conspicuous, yellow-margined, yellow-centered, black saddles separated from one another by length of 1-2 scales. There may also be a lateral series of small, black spots. Ventral head is white except the black spots on the gulars and some infralabials. Ventral body and tail are white with scattered quadrangular marks of prominent black pigment which are irregularly arranged on sides. The anal scale is divided and subcaudals are paired.

這種蛇常常會被發現在山區的旅館或是餐廳附近出沒，因為這些地方通常會製造大量的垃圾與廚餘吸引囓齒類動物前來覓食。

玉斑錦蛇、玉帶蛇、神皮花蛇。

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