Vince_Adam Photography
IMG_4811-1(W) Lifer-Sumatra Slug Snake (Asthenodipsas tropidonotus)
Specimen spotted by Otto (my Swedish friend)
Location: Sumatra, Indonesia (Endemic)
Toxicity: Mildly venomous
Length: about 60 cm
Reproduction: Oviparous
Diagnosis: “the Sumatran population is discretely diagnosable from the unbanded lineage in having 199–204 ventral scales as opposed to 167–190. Therefore, we no longer consider A. tropidonotus a junior synonym of A. vertebralis and resurrect it to its previous species status. It is diagnosable by the unique combination of having a maximum SVL of 549 mm in males (females unknown); 15/15/15 dorsal scale rows; 199–204 ventral scales; 73–76 subcaudal scales; a single postocular; 2+1–2 temporals; six or seven supralabials and infralabials; the presence of a single anterior inframaxillary; and having dorsal bands as adults” [LOREDO et al. 2013: 513].
Diet: Like all slug snakes, this species has a unique and specialized teeth that allows it to corkscrew the flesh of the snails.
Source: www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Cryptic-speciation-within-A...
IMG_4811-1(W) Lifer-Sumatra Slug Snake (Asthenodipsas tropidonotus)
Specimen spotted by Otto (my Swedish friend)
Location: Sumatra, Indonesia (Endemic)
Toxicity: Mildly venomous
Length: about 60 cm
Reproduction: Oviparous
Diagnosis: “the Sumatran population is discretely diagnosable from the unbanded lineage in having 199–204 ventral scales as opposed to 167–190. Therefore, we no longer consider A. tropidonotus a junior synonym of A. vertebralis and resurrect it to its previous species status. It is diagnosable by the unique combination of having a maximum SVL of 549 mm in males (females unknown); 15/15/15 dorsal scale rows; 199–204 ventral scales; 73–76 subcaudal scales; a single postocular; 2+1–2 temporals; six or seven supralabials and infralabials; the presence of a single anterior inframaxillary; and having dorsal bands as adults” [LOREDO et al. 2013: 513].
Diet: Like all slug snakes, this species has a unique and specialized teeth that allows it to corkscrew the flesh of the snails.
Source: www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Cryptic-speciation-within-A...