Several levels of protected animals of the genus Bungarus.

Bungarus multicinctus belongs to the national second-class protected animals.

Silver Ring Snake, commonly known as Xia Guoji, Bai Jie Black, Money Agkistrodon, Silver Armored Belt, Silver Armored Iron, etc. Highly toxic, it is the fourth largest poisonous snake on land.

This species has been listed in the List of Terrestrial Wild Animals under National Key Protection or with Important Economic and Scientific Research Value issued by the State Forestry Administration of China in August, 2000 1. It is listed as VU in the Red Book of Endangered Animals in China. Note: Illegal killing of wild animals protected by the state will be punished by criminal law.

Extended data:

First, the morphological characteristics of bungarus multicinctus

There are white rings and black rings alternately arranged on the back of bungarus multicinctus. The white ring is narrow, the tail is slender, and the body length is 1 0,000-1800 mm It is a poisonous snake with front teeth. The back is black or blue-black, with 30-50 narrow white or milky yellow stripes; The surface of the abdomen is dirty and white.

The head and back are dark brown, and there are shallow V-shaped spots on the pillow and back of larvae. The back is high, the cross section is triangular and the tail end is sharp. The head is oval, which is not obviously different from the neck. There are 9 large scales on the back of the neck and no scales on the cheeks. The spinal scales in the middle of the back are expanded into hexagons. The scale below the tail is a single line

Second, living habits.

Bungarus multicinctus goes out during the day, especially at night in hot weather, but it is also seen that in early summer, the temperature is 15-20℃, and when the weather is clear, it comes out to bask in the sun during the day. Bungars are gentle and rarely take the initiative to bite people, but when they lay eggs and hatch, or when they are frightened, they will suddenly attack and bite people.

Bungars will prey on loaches, eels and frogs, and also eat all kinds of fish, mice, lizards and other snakes.

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