Red-banded Snake
Lycodon rufozonatus
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,150
- Most observed in
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Lycodon rufozonatus is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to East Asia. It is medium-sized, nocturnal, and is considered non-venomous. Two subspecies are recognised: one of which, L. r. walli, is restricted to the Ryukyu Archipelago; the other, L. r. rufozonatus (Cantor 1842), is found only in Korea & China.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Lycodon rufozonatus”.