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Basic information
Xenopeltis unicolor
Sunbeam Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyXenopeltidae
GenusSunbeam Snakes
- Czech name
- Duhovec jednobarvý
- English name
- Sunbeam Snake
- Alternative names
- Asian Sunbeam Snake, Regenbogen-Erdschlange, 闪鳞蛇
- Synonyms
- Cryptophidion annamense, Tortrix xenopeltis, Xenopeltis concolor, Xenopeltis leucocephala
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Shrubland, Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 1,330 mm
- Body mass
- max 1,049.4 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~8.4 g
- Offspring total length
- max 272 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 12.1 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Foraging mode
- Active
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 3–17 individuals
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 7G7VF · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 20065 · dryad-v5