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The many-banded krait (Bungarus multicinctus), also known as the Taiwanese krait or the Chinese krait, is an extremely venomous species of elapid snake found in much of central and southern China and Southeast Asia. The species was first described by the scientist Edward Blyth in 1861. Averaging 1 to 1.5 m (3.5 to 5 ft) in length, it is a black ...
Boiga kraepelini, commonly known as the square-headed cat snake, Kelung cat snake, [1] or Taiwanese tree snake, [3] is a mildly venomous species of rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to East Asia and Southeast Asia (Taiwan, China, Vietnam, and Laos).
The Taiwanese beauty snake is the only subspecies of beauty rat snake labeled as an IAS. The subspecies Orthiophis taeniurus schmackeri is the only one listed as an exemption of the UAS category but all subspecies (exempting the prohibited Taiwanese beauty snake) classify as LORCAs. [15]
The usual and general Chinese word and character for Snake is shé (Chinese: 蛇; pinyin: shé; lit. 'Snake or Snakes'). As a zodiacal sign, the Snake is associated with Chinese: 巳; pinyin: sì, a proper noun referring to the 6th of the 12 Earthly Branches, or to the double-hour of 9-00-11:00 a.m.
The Chinese cobra (Naja atra), also called the Taiwan cobra, is a species of cobra in the family Elapidae, found mostly in southern China and a couple of neighboring nations and islands. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It is one of the most prevalent venomous snakes in China , which has caused many snakebite incidents to humans.
Keeled slug-eating snake (Pareas carinatus) Chinese slug snake (Pareas chinensis) Formosan slug snake (Pareas formosensis) Hampton's slug snake (Pareas hamptoni) Taiwan slug snake (Pareas komaii) Spotted slug snake (Pareas margaritophorus) Common slug snake (Pareas monticola) Xiaoheishan slug-eating snake (Pareas nigriceps) Stanley's slug snake ...
Common names for D. acutus include sharp-nosed viper, snorkel viper, hundred pacer, [8] Chinese moccasin, [9] Chinese copperhead, [10] five-pacer, hundred-pace snake, long-nosed pit viper, sharp-nosed pit viper, [11] hundred-pace pit viper. [12] The snake has been an object of veneration by indigenous Taiwanese peoples.
Sinomicrurus sauteri (common names: Taiwan coral snake, [3] oriental coral snake [2] and Formosa coral snake [4]) is a species of highly venomous [2] [3] coral snake in the family Elapidae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 5 ] The species is endemic to Taiwan and known from southern and central Taiwan at elevations of 500–1,500 m (1,600–4,900 ft) above ...