Snake species emit iridescent colors under sunlight, there are many in Vietnam

Find out what strange snake is, there are layers of iridescent skin in the sun so special!

Looking at this picture, one of us is more or less attracted by the sparkling, glittering skin of the snake.

But the question is, what is this snake, are they dangerous? Because of their eye-catching appearance, they are easy to pay attention to.

According to Reptiles Magazine, the snake in the image is a cobra, or snake snake (Xenopeltis unicolor) . They are distributed throughout the mainland and islands of Southeast Asia, which live quite a lot in Vietnam.

Cobra is abundant in Vietnam.

The most special feature of this snake is that they possess five-color scales , which can glow colorful and iridescent in the sun. The cobra's back is usually reddish-brown, or black, the white-gray abdomen has no decorative pattern.

Although there is a special layer of skin, but the snake snake lives mainly underground, snuggles under the leaves of fallen leaves, under the log and in the warm soil or makes use of the cave created by other creatures.

The most special feature of this snake is that they possess five-color scales.

Like other burrowing reptiles, their bodies are quite round, head-on, short-tailed. Mature snakefish can reach up to 1.3m long, and average about 80-100cm.

The snake snake has quite special teeth, instead of being fixed in one place, the snake teeth usually have many small teeth, sharp - attached to the jaw bone with flexible muscle fibers, creating a kind of hinge.

Special tooth structure of the snake snake.

These teeth fold up and down, but usually in the rear direction. This will help them swallow hard prey, like lizards, birds, frogs . more quickly. To put it simply, special teeth will lock the prey in one place, not giving them a chance to escape, this time our snake will slowly enjoy.

Due to the absence of venom, the snake snake will have to use python-like muscle contraction skills to tighten and lock the prey before it can move the mouth to mouth.