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Chinese green snake can be found in central and southern China (
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465:It is found in humid forests and farmland.
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555:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
544:China Snakes Working Group (2014).
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665:Hong Kong Amphibians and Reptiles
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599:Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
921:Taxa named by Albert Günther
473:The Chinese green snake is
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460:Ratargul Swamp Forest
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240:Herpetodryas chloris
35:Greater green snake
337:Chinese green snake
51:Conservation status
18:Greater green snake
906:Reptiles of Taiwan
633:2012-10-26 at the
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575:20 November
548:Ptyas major
369:Description
342:Ptyas major
200:Ptyas major
870:Categories
528:References
491:earthworms
347:Colubridae
315:M.A. Smith
158:Colubridae
144:Suborder:
514:oviparous
512:They are
477:and semi-
452:Hong Kong
416:Guangdong
280:Stejneger
244:Hallowell
176:Species:
148:Serpentes
104:Kingdom:
98:Eukaryota
775:10727696
707:Q2383395
701:Wikidata
631:Archived
479:arboreal
448:Zhejiang
313:–
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256:Boettger
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217:Synonyms
154:Family:
138:Squamata
128:Reptilia
118:Chordata
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108:Animalia
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597:at the
485:Feeding
475:diurnal
444:Shaanxi
440:Jiangsu
436:Jiangxi
424:Guizhou
420:Guangxi
408:Sichuan
210:, 1858)
208:Günther
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495:insect
456:Sylhet
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392:Hainan
380:dorsum
376:scales
317:, 1943
305:, 1935
293:, 1931
282:, 1907
270:, 1895
258:, 1894
246:, 1861
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428:Hunan
404:Anhui
400:Gansu
396:Henan
169:Ptyas
809:NCBI
796:IUCN
783:ITIS
744:GBIF
669:ISBN
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560:2014
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364:Clip
335:The
303:Pope
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268:Cope
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