Striped Rat Snake

The beauty rat snake or striped rat snake (Elaphe taeniura), also called the cave racer, is a long, thin, semi-arboreal colubrid native to the eastern and south-eastern regions of Asia, with the Reptile Database listing Arunachal Pradesh, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Mizoram, Assam and Bhutan. Several subspecies are recognised. (The Reptile Database; Wikipedia, general species account)

Average length is about 1.2–1.8 m and lifespan 15–25 years. It is yellowish-brown to olive with two pairs of round black spots on the back and a black stripe from each eye to the corner of the mouth. It is a constrictor that feeds on rodents and occasionally on birds and bird eggs. Females lay 4–12 eggs and incubate and defend them for about 70 days, and hatchlings are 30–45 cm. It is favoured as natural pest control in some places and invasive in others. (Wikipedia, general species account)