There are often many snakes in nature that look similar, and it is likely that these similar snakes are of the same species, such as the Zhoushan cobra and the Egyptian cobra. But there are also snakes that grow like that in order to rub the prestige of other poisonous snakes, such as the white ring snake and the silver ring snake. There is also a kind of snake in nature that will also use the fame of cobras to swindle, that is, the big-eyed oblique scale snake, don't look at their appearance like a cobra, but they are not related to cobras at all, not to mention any blood relationship, they are ordinary non-venomous snakes, but also a complete version of pseudo-cobras.
The big-eyed oblique-scaled snake belongs to the snake family of the snake family, the back color of the body is mainly composed of orange, light blue, brownish red, brownish black pattern, there is a sword-shaped spot on the back of the head, they also have a black body, from the beginning to the end is black, there is no other color pattern. The body of the large-eyed oblique-scaled snake is 0.5 meters to 1 meter long, and they also have a characteristic that the eyes are relatively large. The big-eyed slanted snake is mainly distributed in China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, India, Nepal and Cambodia and other countries, and is mainly distributed in southern provinces in China, such as: Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Yunnan and Tibet, and also has sporadic distribution in Henan, Shaanxi and Gansu. The big-eyed slanted snake is a more docile snake, they mainly prey on frogs and fish, they belong to the alpine snake class, like to live at an altitude of 700-2700 meters in the mountains, mountain streams, roadsides, vegetable gardens and rock piles, in order to facilitate predation, they like to stay in frogs and fish gathering places.
Two ultimate skills of the big-eyed slanted snake
The most powerful skill of the big-eyed slanted snake is to be able to make full use of the prestige of the cobra, which will erect the folds on its neck when encountering danger, and people who do not understand think that it is a cobra, and they will retreat when they encounter it. Cobras are known to be quite venomous snakes, and cobras are quite grumpy and aggressive, standing up and making hissing warning sounds when they are threatened. Although the big-eyed slanted snake looks like a cobra, they are a full-fledged version of the night, they have the shape of a cobra, they are non-venomous snakes, and there are no poisonous fangs to attack.
If camouflaging cobras doesn't work, they also have a skill that can repel the attacker. They will emit a strange smell like skunks, which makes ordinary animals unbearable, and many predators will give up attacking them by relying on this trick, and they can take the opportunity to escape.
How to distinguish between the big-eyed oblique scale snake and the cobra?
1. Color differentiation, the shape of the big-eyed oblique scale snake is more gorgeous, and the pattern on the body is composed of yellow, blue, brownish black and red, while the color of the cobra is relatively single and mainly black and gray.
2. Neck pattern, cobras are called cobras because after their neck folds are expanded, the neck pattern is like an eye pattern, while the big-eyed oblique scale snake does not have this pattern.
3. Eye size, the eyes of the big-eyed oblique scale snake are relatively large, and the pupils are relatively large, which is also the source of their big-eye name. The cobra cobra is not as large as the big-eyed oblique scaled snake, and the eyes of the average snake are the same size.
No matter how you encounter unknown snakes in the wild, the best way is to avoid them as much as possible, whether they are poisonous snakes or non-venomous snakes.