How to tell the difference between the silver ring snake and the white chain snake?

The silver ring snake is very similar to the white chain snake, but one is poisonous and the other is non-toxic. How can we tell the difference?

Silver ring snake, commonly known as Jixia, white festival black, money white flower snake, silver armour belt, silver clad iron and so on. It is extremely poisonous and is the fourth most poisonous snake on land. It is an independent species of the genus Cobra. At present, there are two subspecies, named subspecies and Yunnan subspecies.

The white chain snake was once known as the white ring snake. It is a reptile of the genus White Ring Snake of the family Serpidae. Non-toxic.

Distinguishing features of Bungarus bungarus:

1. The ridge edge is obvious, the cross section of the body is triangular, and the ridge scale in the middle of the back is enlarged in hexagonal shape.

two。 Black and white, regular stripes, clean and eye-catching.

3. The neck is thick and short, the head is oval, and the distinction between head and neck is not obvious.

4. The tail is short and thick, and the recovery is obvious from the cloaca to the tip of the tail.

The distinguishing characteristics of the white chain snake:

1. The snake body is smooth, the ridge edge is not obvious, but this is not absolute, the key is whether there are expanded hexagonal scales in the middle of the back.

two。 The black and white stripes are messy and blurred, and the white stripes are often mixed with black. The closer to the lower part of the body, the more blurred and scattered the white stripes.

3. There is a slender neck with a slightly pear-shaped head and a clear distinction between the head and neck.

4. The tail is slender, with a longer tail, and the whole appears slender.

Knot, the snake body is round, the black and white pattern is irregular, the white pattern is more blurry, the head is thin and the tail is long, mostly white chain snakes.

But at first glance in the wild, when there is no time for careful observation, they are all treated as silver ring snakes, do not touch them, and try to stay away from them.