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Euprepiophis mandarinus (Mandarin rat snake)

Euprepiophis mandarinus, also commonly known as Mandarin rat snake which is one of the nonvenomous colubrid snake species that hails from Asia and it is related to of that Euprepiophis conspicillatus (Japanese Forest Snake). They are considered to be quite small as they can grow up to 140cm long when they reached adulthood. That aside, they tend to be secretive as they use rodent burrows for shelter, waiting to ambush them.