Name:Cylindrophis ruffus
Alias:Cylindrophis ruffus,Red-tailed pipe snake,Red-tailed pipe snake, two-headed snake
Outline:Squamata
Family:Cylindrica
length:About 43 cm
Weight:No verification information
Life:About 10-20 years
IUCN:LC
Cylindrophis ruffus is a species of snake in the family Shieldtail Snake.
The red-tailed tube snake is a genuine burrowing snake. It usually stays in the soft soil of the rice field park and only appears on the ground when hunting. The function of this flat tail is only to imitate the flat head and neck of the cobra and raise the tail to warn when encountering a threat. The bright and eye-catching tail that looks like the head and neck of a cobra is the last means of self-protection for a red-tailed tube snake as a small non-venomous snake. When it raises its tail, its real head will be hidden in the soil or cracks in the rocks.
Although it is a small non-venomous snake, the red-tailed tube snake feeds on other snakes and eels, so it often appears near paddy fields to hunt. Its hunting method is the same as other non-venomous snakes, which is strangulation.
The reproduction method of the red-tailed tube snake is quite interesting. Like vipers and anacondas, it is ovoviviparous and produces 3-13 young snakes at a time (a bit small).
It is listed in the second level of the "List of National Key Protected Wildlife in China".
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