What are the local aliases for the red chain snake? Where is the main distribution?

What are the local nicknames for red-chained snakes? Where are they mainly distributed? Dinodon rufozonatum is a member of Dinodon genus of Colubrinae.

Red-chain snake is also known as red snake, mulberry root snake, safflower snake, red long worm, fire red lotus, red four seasons and eight sections, blood third watch, chain snake, red spot snake, safflower seed, dry fire chain, red hundred section snake, sauce spot, etc., belonging to posterior groove tooth poisonous snake. The snake venom contains mixed toxin mainly blood circulation poison. Because its fangs are underdeveloped and not exposed, once bitten symptoms are weak, so far there have been no detailed reports of casualties.

Morphological characteristics: Posterior groove tooth snake, the snake venom contains blood circulation toxin-based mixed toxins, but the bite symptoms are weak, so far there are no specific reports of casualties. It can reach 1-1.8 meters in length. The head is wide and flat, obviously triangular, black, red scale margin, uniform red and black stripes on the back of the body, scattered black stripes on both sides of the body, black brown spots on the outside of the abdominal scale, short and thin tail.

Living habits: Most of them live in fields, rivers, hills and near water areas, and often appear around residential areas, often found in villagers hospitalized. To tree holes, graves, holes or stone piles, tiles for the nest, abandoned wild kiln and nearby have been found. It is a nocturnal snake, mostly in the evening, after 10 p.m. activities frequently. During the day curled up motionless, buried his head deep in the body, lazy do not like to move, do not take the initiative to attack, crawling slowly. It feeds on toads, lizards, fish and chickens. They lay eggs from July to August, with 7-15 eggs per egg.

Distribution: In addition to Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Xizang, other provinces (regions) are distributed, belonging to widespread snakes.

VC: It is a snake species with strong adaptability. It is also the most widely distributed snake species in the country. It can eat dead things and is very easy to raise. To pick out good breeding individuals, pick dark, biting ones. There was a time when a reptile shop in Guangzhou had a large number of baby red-chain snakes for sale at high prices. In fact, this kind of snake is not a difficult snake species.