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Madagascarophis lolo is a species of snake endemic to Madagascar. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is colloquially referred to as the ghost snake due to its strikingly pale coloration. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was initially found inside a lime rock formation in 2016.
They are known as bull snakes or bullsnakes because of the deep hissing/rumbling sound they make when nervous, which can be reminiscent of a bellowing bull, as well as their overall defensive display of rearing up like a rattlesnake and rattling their tail in leaves, all of which is a bluff; the snake is not venomous, and rarely bites.
Adults are protogynous hermaphrodites, meaning female reproductive organs develop first followed by male reproductive organs. At full sexual maturity the snail is a simultaneous hermaphrodite. [ 5 ] They can live for a little over one to three years and will start reproducing at 6 months old or approximately 12-17 mm in length. [ 4 ]
Pituophis deppei, commonly known as the Mexican bullsnake and the Mexican pine snake, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Mexico. There are two recognized subspecies . Etymology
In all snakes of the genus Pituophis, the epiglottis is peculiarly modified so that it is thin, erect and flexible. When a stream of air is forced from the trachea, the epiglottis vibrates, thereby producing the peculiarly loud, hoarse hissing for which bullsnakes, gopher snakes, and pine snakes are well known.
Adults of P. c. deserticola are usually about 4.5 feet (137 cm) in total length. The maximum recorded total length is 5.75 feet (175 cm). [6]The Great Basin gopher snake has dorsal spots that are dark brown or black, and they are connected to each other by very narrow lines that run along each side of the anterior part of the body.
A bullseye snakehead in an artificial habitat. C. marulius—as traditionally defined—is a species complex.A study published in 2017 showed that C. pseudomarulius, formerly regarded as a synonym of C. marulius, is a valid species from the southern Western Ghats. [5]
Limaformosa capensis (A. Smith, 1847) – Cape file snake; Limaformosa chanleri (Stejneger, 1893) – unicolor file snake; Limaformosa crossi (Boulenger, 1895) – Crosse's file snake, West African file snake [2] Limaformosa guirali (Mocquard, 1887) – Mocquard's file snake; Limaformosa savorgnani (Mocquard, 1887) – Congo file snake