Celebes Black-tailed Ratsnake
Gonyosoma jansenii (Bleeker, 1859)
Also calledCelebes-Schwarzschwanznatter (deu) · 黑尾樹棲錦蛇 (zho)
First described in: Bleeker, P. Gonyosoma jansenii Blkr., eene nieuwe slang van Manado.
Gonyosoma jansenii, commonly known as the Celebes black-tailed rat snake, the Celebes ratsnake, and Jansen's rat snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
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Description
A long snake, G. jansenii may attain a total length of 199 cm (6.53 ft), which includes a tail length of 45 cm (1.48 ft). Adults are olive or yellowish brown on the anterior and middle portions of the body, with some scales black-edged. They are entirely black on the posterior portion of the body and tail (Boulenger, 1894).
Range & habitat
The preferred natural habitat of G. jansenii, is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).
In human culture
The specific name, jansenii, is in honor of Albert Jacques Frédéric Jansen, who was an administrator in the Dutch East Indies.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2456146.