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Basic information
Spilotes pullatus
Chicken Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyColubrid Snakes
GenusSpilotes
- Czech name
- Užovka brazilská
- English name
- Chicken Snake
- Alternative names
- Araboia, Cainana, Cainana-Flor-de-Algodão, Cainana-Teiú, Caninana, Cobra-Tigre, Cobra-Voadora, Hühnerfresser, Jacaninã, Malha-de-Teiú, Papa-Ovo, Papa-Pinto, Spotted Rat Snake, Tiger Rat Snake, Tiger Ratsnake, Tiger Snake, Tropical Chicken Snake, Tropical Rat Snake, Voladora Mico, Yacaninã, Yellow Rat Snake
- Synonyms
- Cerastes coronatus, Cerates mexicanus, Coluber (Natrix) caninana, Coluber novae hispaniae, Coluber novae-hispaniae, Coluber plutonius, Coluber pullatas, Coluber variabilis, Coluber variabilis kuhlii, Herpetodryas incertus, Spilotes microlepis, Spilotes pullatus auribundus, Spilotes pullatus maculatus, Spilotes pullatus var. anomalepis, Spilotes salvini
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Savanna
- Microhabitat
- Arboreal, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 3,600 mm
- SVL
- max 1,404 mm
- Body mass
- max 3,030.1 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~17.4 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 17.5 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Foraging mode
- Active
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 1–16 individuals
- Sex determination
- Genetic sex determination
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 4Z4Z7 · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 18862 · dryad-v5