Copperhead Racer

Coelognathus radiatus

Description

Copperhead Racer is a moderately large snake, the body deeper than it is wide. Adults in this species are colored dorsum is greyish or yellowish-brown with 2 broad and 2 narrow longitudinal black stripes on front part of body, some individuals have whitish cross band on front part of body, in head coppery brown with 3 black lines radiating down and backwards, juvenile more yellowish than adults, and usually without white cross bands.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

1.6 m – 2.3 m

Ar

Arboreal

Ca

Carnivore

Di

Diurnal

Te

Terrestrial

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Reptilia

ORDER

:

Squamata

FAMILY

:

Colubridae

GENUS

:

Coelognathus

SPECIES

:

Coelognathus radiatus

Distribution

Copperhead Racer live in rainfall of Jembrana and coconut plantation on the east coast of Tanjung Bukit, both near sea level. Elsewhere known from a variety of forests, agricultural lands, and urban areas, up to 1500 m asl.

Geography

Continents : Asia

Country : India, Nepal, Bangladesh, southern China, southeast Asia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Bali

Habits and Lifestyle

This species occurs in wet and dry forests, particularly in clearings and edges, and in grasslands, plantations, agricultural fields, and suburban and urban areas. It is often found in rural villages, where it consumes human commensalist rodents.

Lifestyle

Terrestrial and Arboreal

Biome

Forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Copperhead Racer are carnivore. They are feeds on amphibians, lizards, birds, and mammals

Diet : Carnivora

Mating Habits

Copperhead Racer are oviparious. Females lay 5 – 15 eggs and may lay several clutch a year.

Reproduction session : Several year

Incubation periods : –

Independent age : at birth

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 5 – 15 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population threats​

There are no apparent threats to this species. Although it is harvested for food and medicinal purposes, it is abundant and tolerant of human-modified habitats, and is probably not threatened globally by this practice. It may, however, be at risk from overexploitation in Indochina where it is either not protected or protection is not enforced

Population number​

Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution and presumed large overall population and, although it is subjected to intensive exploitation in many parts of its range, it remains common in modified habitats and is subject to a number of national protection measures that effectively limit the threat to this species from trade.

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Reference

  1. Copperhead Racer on The IUCN Red List site
  2. Somaweera, R. 2017. A Naturalist’s Guide To The Reptiles and Amphibians of Bali. John Beaufoy Publishing, Oxford, England.
  3. McKay, J.L. 2006. Reptil and Amphibi di Bali. Krieger Publishing Company, Florida, USA.