Distinguishing the Black Snake and the Golden White Flower Snake

ZAOCYS

[Source] This product is the dried body of Zaocys dhumnades (Cantor)

[Properties] This product is disc-shaped, with a disc diameter of about 16cm

[Identification] This product is powdery yellow or light brown

Figure 18-13 Black Snake, White Flower Snake,

【Character identification characteristics】

(1) It is disc-shaped, with a diameter of about 16cm, and the surface is dark brown or greenish black

(2) The ridges are obvious, densely covered with diamond-shaped scales

(3) The number of dorsal scales is doubled, and only 2 to 4 rows of scales in the center of the dorsum are strongly ribbed, forming two black lines running through the whole

(4) The head is oblate, resembling the head of a tortoise, dished in the center

(5) The tail is slender and long, with double scales under the tail

(6) The eyes are large and sunken down, shiny

(7) There are 8 upper lip scales, the 4th and 5th scales enter the orbit, 1 cheek scale, 1 lower anterior scale, smaller scales, 2 posterior eye scales

BUNGARUS PARVUS

[Source] This product is a dry body of young snakes of Bungarus multicictus Blyth, an animal of the Cobra family

[Properties] This product is disc-shaped, with a diameter of 3-6cm and a snake body diameter of 0.

【Character identification characteristics】

(1) It is in the shape of a disc with a diameter of 3 to 6 cm

(2) The head is in the middle and the tail is thin

(3) The back is black or gray-black, with 45-58 white ring patterns, black and white

(4) There is a pair of venomous groove teeth at the front end of the maxillary bone in the oral cavity
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(5) There are 2 scales between the nose, the nostrils open to both sides, without buccal scales
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(6) The upper and lower lip scales are usually 7 pieces each
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(7) There are 45 to 58 white rings, black and white with a prominent ridge
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(8) The ridge scales are large and hexagonal in shape
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(9) The abdomen is yellow and white, and the tail scales are single
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