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Large-eyed Bamboo Snake

Colubrid Snakes

Photo: (c) Wouter Beukema, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Pseudoxenodon macrops

Basic stats

Diet

Frogs and lizards

Range

Eastern Himalaya: north-east India and Nepal; China per species list

The large-eyed or big-eyed bamboo snake (Pseudoxenodon macrops) is a mildly venomous, rear-fanged snake endemic to Asia, recorded in Sikkim, Meghalaya, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland in India and in Nepal. The sources used here do not give its Chinese range. (The Reptile Database; Wikipedia, general species account)

It is variable, brownish to almost blackish with short crossbars, and preys on frogs and lizards. It is oviparous and a female may lay as many as 10 eggs. The potency of its venom is unknown. (Wikipedia, general species account)

Quick answers

What does the Large-eyed Bamboo Snake eat?
Frogs and lizards
Where is the Large-eyed Bamboo Snake found?
Eastern Himalaya: north-east India and Nepal; China per species list
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