Lance-headed Litter Snake

Colubrid Snakes (Rear-fanged & Non-venomous)

Pseudorabdion longiceps

Basic stats

Venom

Non-venomous

Diet

Earthworms, tiny soil invertebrates

Habitat

Leaf litter, lowland forest

Range

Borneo

Clutch size

1–3 eggs

Incubation period

About 6–8 weeks (typical for small reed snakes)

Size

Very small (up to 20cm)

Weight

~3–6g

One of the smallest reed snakes in Borneo, found in leaf litter in lowland forest, similarly harmless and burrowing to related Calamaria species despite belonging to a different genus.

Feeds on earthworms and tiny soil invertebrates, rarely encountered above the leaf litter.

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