Tibetan spring snake
(Thermophis baileyi)
Description
Thermophis baileyi is olive green,with five series of indistinct spots dorsally,most pronounced in the forebody.It has a dusky postocular streak,and dusky posterior edges to the labials.The belly is bluish-grey,with each ventral black basally.The young are darker than adults.
Taxonomic tree:
Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Dipsadidae
Genus:Thermophis
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