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Rhynchophis boulengeri (Rhinoceros ratsnake)

Rhynchophis boulengeri, also commonly known as Rhinoceros ratsnake is one of the non-venomous rat snake species that hail from Northern Vietnam to Southern China. These species of snakes is rather unique as they have a unique scaled protrusion at the front of their snout like a horn. Thus, earning part of their name; rhinoceros which also has a horn at the snout area. At adult stage, they could have grown up to 160cm at most, from tail to head. They tend to be at subtropical rainforests at around 300 to 1100 meter of elevation. When they are young, they tend to be greyish in color which then progressively turns greenish as they grow older to adulthood. In rare cases, some of them would maintain their greyish color at adult stage.