How big can the black snake grow?

Black snakes, also known as black snakes, black wind snakes, sword ridge snakes, black wind snakes, yellow wind snakes, sword ridge black snakes, south snakes, etc., belong to non-venomous snakes. They are widely distributed in China, but have not been reported abroad. In Yunnan, they are only in northeast and eastern Yunnan. They are fast and adaptable, have high disease resistance, sell well in the market, and are very suitable for artificial breeding. Let's take a look at how big the snake can grow.

How big can the black snake grow?

The adult length of Zaocys dhumnades can reach more than 2.5 meters. The black snake is a large snake of the genus Zaoceridae, with a green brown or brown black and brown back, a yellow longitudinal pattern in the middle of the back, and two black longitudinal lines on each side of the body, until the back of the body disappeared. the secondary adult has obvious longitudinal lines, quick action, agile response, good at escape, sexual gentleness, and feeds on frogs, lizards, fish, rats and so on.

How long is the life span of the black snake?

The life span of the black snake is not very long, it is expected to be about 20 years, it is possible to live in a good environment for 25 years, and it will die for 10 years if living in a bad environment. In general, the lifespan of small snakes is about 2-5 years, medium-sized snakes 5-12 years, large snakes 10-20 years, pythons can live to 30-40 years, or even longer, the longest life span is water fish, which can live to more than 100 years. However, in the wild, due to the unstable living environment, sometimes shortage of food, and the serious harm of natural enemies and diseases, the life span of snakes is not as long as that of artificial breeding, which has been proved by many scientists' experiments.

Species distribution of Zaocys dhumnades

1. Common black snakes: common black snakes are large non-venomous snakes of the genus Zaoceridae, with a total length of more than 2 meters, with a flat and round head, no obvious boundary between head and neck, wide nasal scales, large forehead scales, large front and back frontal scales, wide eye scales, oval nostrils, 16-inch body scales, 186-square abdominal scales, tapering tail, grayish brown body, dark brown edges of each scale. Distributed in East China, South China, Southwest and Hunan, Hubei, Shanxi, Hebei and other places.

2. Black net black snakes: black net snakes are large non-venomous snakes of the genus Zaoceridae, with a total length of 2.5m, with a yellow longitudinal pattern in the middle of the back and two black longitudinal lines on each side, disappearing at the back of the body. It lives in the middle and low mountains below 1600 meters above sea level, often near farmland and river ditches, distributed in India, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Yunnan of the Chinese mainland.

3. Black-line black snakes: black-line black snakes are large non-venomous snakes of the genus Zaoceridae, with a body length of 120cm to 200cm, male and female size, yellowish green on the back of the head, two black lines on each side, and the larvae run through the whole body. with the increase of age, the front of the body gradually disappeared, the ventral side was light yellow, and the black longitudinal lines on both sides were distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang, Guizhou and some Southeast Asian countries.