Wildlife

Beijing snake ID

Posted by Jeremy Goldkorn, July 5, 2008 10:42 PM
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Tiger-Striped Neck Groove Snake
Last year on July 10, at the start of the snake season in the mountains around Beijing, Danwei published a field guide to the wild snakes of Beijing, based on Chinese sources provided by Hecaitou.

Today, 'Beijing walker' left a comment to that post:

Hi, I was walking in a gorge about 2 hours north of Beijing yesterday and saw the tail end of a snake.

It was close to a stream at 1pm. I've been trying to find out what this beautiful creature is, but I can't find a photo or description that is like it.

It was dark grey/black with two wide orangey red stripes down the sides. The stripes didn't have sharp edges, just blended back into the black. I saw about 3 feet of him and judging by his thickness, I would guess he was 5 - 6 feet in length. He looked a lot like an Australian Red Bellied Black Snake, except with the red part on the sides, not the underside.

Can anyone help identify it? Thanks.

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