Pseustes sulphureus
| Yellow-bellied Puffing Snake | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Pseustes |
| Species: | P. sulphureus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseustes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824) | |
Pseustes sulphureus, the Yellow-bellied Puffing Snake, is a large (up to 3 m) snake found in northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago. Adults feed on small mammals and birds, while juveniles feed on lizards, mice and rats.
References
- Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.
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