Wang Jinshe, alias King Snake, Snake King, cauliflower snake, King Snake, Stinky Yellow Snake, Prince Head Snake, Hemp Snake, Rape Flower, Spine Snake, Yellow Python, Vegetable Python, etc. It is one of the species with a large population in wild snakes. Because of its fast growth, high meat quality, strong cold tolerance and great seasonal difference, it is currently being developed and utilized in China. The snake is a strong, agile and fierce non-poisonous snake. It has a pair of well-developed anal glands, and its secretion can emit a particularly strange smell. Some people can trace the snake's hiding place according to this smell, so "smelly yellow python" has become another nickname for it. The snake king is a voracious carnivore. If it can't catch mice, birds, frogs, snakes and lizards, it won't eat. When hungry, they will devour similar young snakes or dare to launch a fierce attack on giant black-browed snakes. China is distributed in all regions except Northeast China.

Basic information

Chinese name: photo by Wang Jin

Chinese aliases: yellow python, striped snake, striped snake, loose python and king python.

English name: smelly rat snake

Double name method: Wang Jinshe

Field: animal kingdom

Phylum: Chordata phylum

Subphylum: Vertebrate subphylum

Class: Reptiles

Subclass: {Diptera, Lepidoptera)

Order: Scale order

Suborder: snake suborder

Family: Serpentidae.

Subdivision; Serpentinae

Genus: Agkistrodon halys

Type: golden snake

Distribution: It is distributed in all provinces of China except Northeast China.

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Other Chinese common names are: smelly king snake, yellow-throated snake, yellow-jawed snake, king snake (Sichuan), golden snake, yellow python, king python, rape flower, smelly yellow python, striped snake (Heilongjiang), striped snake (Fujian), cauliflower snake (Jiangsu), vegetable snake, prince's head (Guizhou) and cauliflower snake (Hunan and Hubei).

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Protection: This species has been listed in the List of Terrestrial Wild Animals with National Key Protection or Important Economic and Scientific Research Value issued by China State Forestry Administration on August, 2000 1.

The main feature of the king snake is that it has black stripes with the word "king" on its head, so it is called "king snake". Its head and back

The edge of the scale is black, and the center is yellow, which looks like rape grain. There are more than 30 yellow stripes in the front of the scale, and the back gradually disappears. The ventral surface is yellow with black stripes. The tail is slender and the total length can reach more than 2.5 meters. Adult snakes are very different from young snakes. There is no "king" pattern on their heads, and they are often mistaken for other snakes.

The snake's body is cylindrical, and the larger one can reach more than 5~ 10 kg. Mainly living in hills and mountains, inhabiting rivers, reservoir areas and fields in the plain. It moves quickly, is fierce, crawls quickly, and can climb trees. Mainly rodents, frogs, birds and eggs as the staple food.

Non-toxic to catch. Tell you a little trick, grab the tail quickly and turn up in lightning speed.