Zahoor-Salmi
Keelback Snake
The keeback is active during the day (diurnal) and the night (nocturnal) depending on the temperature. It uses its keeled scales to grip onto slippery surfaces when travelling over mud or vegetation. When it stops moving, the keelback hides under plants, timber or in empty burrows. Keelbacks are harmless, however, they can easily be confused with a highly venomous snake called the rough-scaled snake Tropidechis carinatus.
Keelbacks only feed on vertebrates, such as frogs, tadpoles and lizards. They use their sharp backward curved teeth to seize their prey. Unlike other snakes who eat their prey head first, keelbacks consume their prey from the rear. They have a limited immunity to toad toxins and can successfully prey on small to medium sized cane toads.
The keelback is an egg layer and produces clutches of up to 18 eggs.
Keelback Snake
The keeback is active during the day (diurnal) and the night (nocturnal) depending on the temperature. It uses its keeled scales to grip onto slippery surfaces when travelling over mud or vegetation. When it stops moving, the keelback hides under plants, timber or in empty burrows. Keelbacks are harmless, however, they can easily be confused with a highly venomous snake called the rough-scaled snake Tropidechis carinatus.
Keelbacks only feed on vertebrates, such as frogs, tadpoles and lizards. They use their sharp backward curved teeth to seize their prey. Unlike other snakes who eat their prey head first, keelbacks consume their prey from the rear. They have a limited immunity to toad toxins and can successfully prey on small to medium sized cane toads.
The keelback is an egg layer and produces clutches of up to 18 eggs.