Pseudoxenodon macrops

Pseudoxenodon macrops
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Pseudoxenodon
Species:	P. macrops
Binomial name
	Pseudoxenodon macrops; (Blyth, 1855)
Synonyms
	Tropidonotus macrops ; Blyth, 1855; Xenodon macrophthalmus ; Günther, 1858 (part); Tropidonotus sikkimensis ; Anderson, 1871; Pseudoxenodon macrops ; — Boulenger, 1890 [2];

Pseudoxenodon macrops, commonly known as the large-eyed bamboo snake or the Chinese false cobra, is a species of venomous rear-fanged snake endemic to Asia.

Description

False cobra Pseudoxenodon macrops in Arunachal Pradesh, India

P. macrops is a fairly variable species with brownish and almost blackish shades with short crossbars.

P. macrops preys on frogs and lizards.[3]

P. macrops is a venomous species. However, the potency of its venom is currently unknown.

P. macrops is an oviparous species. An adult female may lay as many as 10 eggs.[3]

There are three known subspecies including, the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pseodoxenodon.

P. macrops is found in India (Darjeeling, Assam; Arunachal Pradesh (Deban - Changlang district) ), Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, West Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, SW China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Sichuan, Guizhou ?, Gansu).[2] It is also found in Bhutan.[4] Very recently it also found in Sylhet region of Bangladesh.

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"Pseudoxenodon macrops". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Das I. 2002. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Pseudoxenodon macrops, p. 43)
"Pseudoxenodon macrops".

Blyth E. 1855. Notices and Descriptions of various Reptiles, new or little known [part 2]. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta 23 (3): 287–302. (Tropidonotus macrops, new species, pp. 296–297).
Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Pseudoxenodon macrops, pp. 340–341).
Smith MA. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Pseudoxenodon macrops, pp. 311–313).

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