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Ptyas fusca, commonly known as the white-bellied rat snake or brown rat snake, [2] [3] is a species of colubrid snake. It is found in Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. [4] The white-bellied rat snake prefers forested habitats. They are known to prey on frogs and lizards and fish.
The snake is the sixth of the twelve-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Snake is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 巳 .
Relationship between the current Sexagenary cycle and Gregorian calendar. This Chinese calendar correspondence table shows the stem/branch year names, correspondences to the Western calendar, and other related information for the current, 79th Sexagenary cycle of the Chinese calendar based on the 2697 BC epoch or the 78th cycle if using the 2637 BC epoch.
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The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the Chinese calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle. [1] The zodiac is very important in traditional Chinese culture and exists as a reflection of Chinese philosophy and culture . [ 2 ]
New Year's Day: Awal Tahun Masihi: Double holiday celebrating both the opening of the Gregorian New Year and the 1984 Proclamation of Independence. 23 February: National Day: Hari Kebangsaan: Independence from the United Kingdom in 1984. 31 May: Armed Forces Day: Hari Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei: The Royal Brunei Armed Forces was founded ...
The Lunar Hijri calendar used by most of Islam, is a purely lunar calendar comprising 12 lunar months: its year is shorter by about ten or eleven days than the Gregorian calendar year. Consequently Islamic New Year 's Day may fall in any season: occasionally there can be two Islamic new years in one Gregorian year (as last happened in 2008).
Stegonotus borneensis, the Borneo ground snake, Borneo frog-eating snake, or Bornean black snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. [ 2 ] The snake is found in Indonesia , Malaysia , and Brunei .