Japanese Odd-scaled Snake (Achalinus spinalis): facts, sounds & photos

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Japanese Odd-scaled Snake (Achalinus spinalis). Its conservation status is Least Concern.

Fascinating facts about the Japanese Odd-scaled Snake

Its range includes northern Vietnam, Japan's Ryukyu Islands, and central China.
Researchers have recorded this reptile at elevations up to 1,230 m, proving it can live well above sea level where temperatures drop sharply.
Despite its many common names, Peters' odd-scaled snake, Japanese ground snake, grey burrowing snake, it belongs to the family Xenodermidae.

About the Japanese Odd-scaled Snake

Achalinus spinalis, known as Peters' odd-scaled snake or the Japanese ground snake, belongs to the family Xenodermidae and is found in northern Vietnam, Japan (Kyūshū, Honshū, the Ryukyu Islands, Koshiki, Tokuno-shima: Kametoku and Inokawa), and central China (from Fujian to Yunnan and north to Gansu) at elevations up to 1,230 m.

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