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Philippine Shrub Snake

Oxyrabdium leporinum

Photo by AlbertKang
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Field Notes

Description:

Small Snake, around 1 meter in length.
Dark green on top, light green on the side and yellow underbelly.
It was out hunting during the night.

Habitat:

High altitude forest

Notes:

New Organism to Project Noah

Species ID Suggestions

Philippine shrub snake

Oxyrhabdium modestum

Reference Link
Scott Frazier
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Comments (15)
Aj4
yes .. i think they r burrower so they eat small insect but some of my friend said they eat earthworm,,and snails so much better some of snail going to the trees or shrub plants..posible the shrub snake adapt they morphology to semi arboreal.. to hunt their food at night.i have adult shrub snake and im looking for other literature.
Prince2
aj? youre biology from the philippines? what can you say?
AlbertKang
Yes, @Prince2, that was what I was told, juveniles have white bands.
AlbertKang
I am not sure, probably like most snakes, they feeds on frogs and other reptiles like lizards and small mammals like rats.
Prince2
did shrub snake at hatchling time their morphological characteristic ? have white banded? and after they juvy to an adult they banded .. color faded?
Aj4
what diet or what they eat?
AlbertKang
Yes, @Scott. I did asked the local Herpetologist about the white bands and this is his reply to me : Juveniles of O. leporinum have white bands and loses them as they mature.
Scott Frazier
Hello Albert. I of course also ran across this species while researching but didn't think that "banded" applied. Thanks for the info.
AlbertKang
Hi Scott, I was recently asked to share my pictures to a Philippines Herpetology Group and they clarified that this Snake should be a Oxyrabdium leporinum and not O.modestum. FYI
Scott Frazier
Couldn't match the color but it appears quite variable. http://www.livingincebuforums.com/ipb/gallery/image/9227-philippine-shrub-snake-oxyrhabdium-modestum/ http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Oxyrhabdium&species=modestum http://www.livingincebuforums.com/ipb/gallery/image/9227-philippine-shrub-snake-oxyrhabdium-modestum/ <-search on species name #3000
AshleyT
That would make sense since I couldn't find a species within that genus that fits with your snake. Pretty sure the photo in the link is of the same species as yours though
Scott Frazier
This doesn't look like Dendrelaphis like those guys (not Ashley) are saying in Ashley's link. :-)
AshleyT
Here's your snake, will try to figure out species when I get home later http://www.skepticfriends.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13509

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