赤峰锦蛇Elaphe anomala
地方名：黄花松
形态特征：体型较大，成体全长1100～2300mm。幼体与成体色斑差异极大，幼体时与棕黑锦蛇幼体极为相似。成体后，唇部黄色，唇鳞后缘黑色变淡，体背面前段为灰绿色或灰褐色，横斑变模糊甚至无，体尾后端颜色偏黄，上有数十个边缘为黑色的深褐色横斑。体尾腹面黄色，散以黑色色斑。上唇鳞8枚，呈3-2-3式，下唇鳞9～10枚，背鳞多为23-23-19行，腹鳞雄性207～225枚，尾下鳞64～72对，肛鳞二分。
生活习性：生活于平原、山区、丘陵、塘边、桥下、林边、园田地，柴草垛、破旧房屋乃至住宅的屋顶都可见到，能攀树。在辽宁，偶见与棕黑锦蛇同域分布。以鼠类为食，亦吃鸟类和鸟卵。卵生，7月上旬至8月上旬产卵，每产6～17枚。
地理分布：国内见于辽宁、河北、北京、天津、山东、山西、内蒙古、江苏、陕西、湖北、湖南；国外分布于朝鲜半岛。
环渤海地区分布：均有分布。
生存现状：易危（VU）。
47.Elaphe anomala
Description Adults up to 1,100-2,300mm in TOL, body size is relatively large.There are great difference between juvenile's and adult's spots; the juvenile is similar to Elaphe schrenckii.Adult's lip is yellow, black color on the rear edge of labials gradually fading away; front part of the dorsum is greyish green or greyish brown, and spots are blurry, even disappeared; tail end of the dorsum has yellowish, dozens of dark brown lateral spots with black rim.The ventral of the tail is yellow with black spots.8 supralabials are arranged in 3-2-3 rows; 9-10 infralabials; dorsal scales are mostly arranged in 23-23-19 rows; the male has ventral 207-255 scales; 64-72 pairs of subcaudals; 2 anal plates on the anus.
Behaviour Elaphe anomala live in plains, mountains, hills, ponds, under the bridge,in the woods, in the fields, in the firewood, in dilapidated houses and even on the roofs of houses, and they climb trees.In Liaoning, they can occasionally be seen in the same city with the Elaphe schrenckii.They feed on rodents, eat birds and eggs.They are ovoviviparous,and spawn from early July to early August, and lay 6-17 eggs at a time.
Distribution China: in Liaoning, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Inner Mongolia,Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Hubei, and Hunan.At abroad: in the Korean Peninsula.Distribution around Bohai sea: everywhere along Bohai Sea.
Conservation Vulnerable (VU).
