Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti, commonly known as the Chinese bamboo snake and Karl Schmidt's false cobra, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in southern China and northern Vietnam. There are three recognized subspecies.
Etymology The specific name, karlschmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Pseudoxenodon karlschmidtii, p. 138).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of P. karlschmidti is near streams in forest and shrubland, at altitudes of , but it has also been found in cropland.
Diet P. karlschmidti preys predominately upon frogs.
Reproduction P. karlschmidti is oviparous.
Subspecies The following three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti karlschmidti Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti popei Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti sinii
References
Further reading Fan T-H (1931). "Preliminary Report of Reptiles from Yaoshan, Kwangsi, China". Bulletin of the Department of Biology, College of Science, Sun Yatsen University (11): 1–154. (Pseudoxenodon sinii, new species, p. 72). Gressitt JL (1936). "New Reptiles from Formosa and Hainan". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 49: 117–121. (Pseudoxenodon popei, new species, p. 119). Pope CH (1928). "Seven New Reptiles from Fukien Province, China". American Museum Novitates (320): 1–6. (Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti, new species, pp. 3–4).