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Children's python (Antaresia childreni) is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Pythonidae.The species is named after John George Children.It is a nocturnal species occurring in the northern half of Australia and generally found on the ground, although it often climbs trees.
Stage musical adaptations in Hong Kong include: Pai Niang Niang, created by Joseph Koo and Wong Jim. Premiering in 1972, it marked the start of the musical theater industry in Hong Kong. White Snake, Green Snake (2005), created by Christopher Wong The Legend of the White Snake, created by Leon Ko and Chris Shum
The description of its habit was based on Andreas Cleyer, who in 1684 described a gigantic snake that crushed large animals by coiling around their bodies and crushing their bones. [8] Henry Yule in his 1886 work Hobson-Jobson , notes that the word became more popular due to a piece of fiction published in 1768 in the Scots Magazine by a ...
The bandy-bandy is a smooth-scaled, glossy snake with a distinctive pattern of sharply contrasting black and white rings that continue right around the body. Bandy-bandys are strikingly distinguishable from other Australian land snakes by their unique banding pattern, [ 3 ] which gives the species both its common names and its scientific name ...
At the end of the video, the snake feels threatened and strikes. Adults of Salvadora hexalepis are, on average, 20-46 inches (51–117 cm) in total length; [6] the record total length is 58 in (150 cm). [7] They have a distinctive, thick scale curved back over the top of the snout, and free at the edges. [7]
Chrysopelea, commonly known as the flying snake or gliding snake, is a genus of snakes that belongs to the family Colubridae. They are found in Southeast Asia, and are known for their ability to glide between trees. Flying snakes are mildly venomous, though the venom is dangerous only to their small prey. There are five species within the genus.
Paradise tree snake or paradise flying snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) is a species of colubrid snake found in Southeast Asia. It can, like all species of its genus Chrysopelea , glide by stretching the body into a flattened strip using its ribs.
Boiga dendrophila, commonly called the mangrove snake or the gold-ringed cat snake, is a species of rear-fanged venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to southeast Asia. It is one of the biggest cat snake species, averaging 8–9 feet (2.4–2.7 m) in length. [2] It is considered mildly venomous. Although moderate ...