Suborder Serpentes Genus Psammodynastes Rank Species | Class Reptilia Family Colubridae Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles | |
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Scientific name Psammodynastes pulverulentus Similar Psammodynastes, Lycodon, Rhabdophis subminiatus, Rhabdophis, Oligodon | ||
Juvenile psammodynastes pulverulentus mock viper
The common mock viper (Psammodynastes pulverulentus) is a species of snake native to Asia. It is one of the few snake species to possess three hemipenes.
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Mock viper is a small snake (total length up to 65 centimetres (26 in), 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, Burma, Cambodia, China (Fujian, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan), Hong Kong, NE 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.
Subspecies Psammodynastes pulverulentus papenfussi is endemic to Taiwan.
