Pseudoxenodon macrops

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| image = Pseudoxenodon macrops.jpg

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Wogan, G. |author2=Vogel, G. |author3=Grismer, L. |author4=Chan-Ard, T. |date=2012 |title=Pseudoxenodon macrops |volume=2012 |page=e.T191926A2016213 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T191926A2016213.en |access-date=19 December 2021}}

| genus = Pseudoxenodon

| species = macrops

| authority = (Blyth, 1855)

| synonyms = *Tropidonotus macrops
{{small|Blyth, 1855}}

Xenodon macrophthalmus
{{small|Günther, 1858}} (part)
Tropidonotus sikkimensis
{{small|Anderson, 1871}}
Pseudoxenodon macrops
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Pseudoxenodon macrops, commonly known as the large-eyed bamboo snake or the big-eyed bamboo snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake endemic to Asia.

Description

File:False Cobra (Psuedoxenodon macrops).jpg, India]]

P. macrops is a fairly variable species with brownish and almost blackish shades with short crossbars.

Diet

P. macrops preys on frogs and lizards.Das I. 2002. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. {{ISBN|0-88359-056-5}}. (Pseudoxenodon macrops, p. 43)

Venom

P. macrops is a mildly venomous species. However, the potency of its venom is currently unknown.

Reproduction

P. macrops is an oviparous species. An adult female may lay as many as 10 eggs.

Subspecies

There are three known subspecies including, the nominotypical subspecies.

Pseudoxenodon macrops fukiensis {{small|Pope, 1928}}
Pseudoxenodon macrops macrops {{small|(Blyth, 1855)}}
Pseudoxenodon macrops sinensis {{small|Boulenger, 1904}}

Nota bene: A binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pseodoxenodon.

Geographic range

P. macrops is found in Northeast India (Darjeeling, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, West Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, SW China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Sichuan, Guizhou ?, Gansu).{{NRDB species |genus=Pseudoxenodon |species=macrops }} It is also found in Sylhet region of Bangladesh.{{cite book |author=IUCN Bangladesh |year=2015 |title=Red List of Bangladesh: A Brief on Assessment Result 2015 |publisher=IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office |location=Dhaka, Bangladesh |url=https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/RL-549.3-003-Brief.pdf }}