Elephant trunk snake: Difference between revisions

| name = Elephant trunk snake| image = Wart snake 1.jpg

| classisgenus = [[Reptilia]]Acrochordus

| ordospecies = [[Squamata]]javanicus

| status_system = iucn3IUCN3.1

The '''''Acrochorduselephant javanicus''trunk snake''', commonlyor knownthe as'''Javan thefile snake'''Elephant Trunk('''''Acrochordus Snakejavanicus'''''), belongsis to thea [[Acrochordidaespecies]] of snake in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Acrochordidae]], a family which represents a group of primitive non-[[venemousvenomous]] [[Aquatic animal|aquatic]] [[snake]]s.

'''AcrochordusThe javanicus'''elephant trunk snake possesses a wide and flat head, and its [[nostril]]s are situated on the top of the [[snout]]. Those head's particularities confer to '''AcrochordusA. javanicus''' a certain resemblance with [[Boidae|boa]]s. However, its head is alsoonly as wide as theits body. Females are bigger than males, and the maximalmaximum total length (including tail) size of an individual is 240 cms{{convert|2.4|m|in|abbr=on}}. The [[Dorsum (anatomy)|dorsal]] side of the snake's body is brown, and its ventral side is pale yellow.<ref name=ADW>{{cite web|url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Acrochordus_javanicus/|title=''Acrochordus javanicus'' Javan File Snake, Elephant Trunk Snake|author=Chiu K|year=1999|work=Animal Diversity Web}}</ref>

The skin is baggy and loose<ref name="Snakes are Long">{{cite web |url=http://snakesarelong.blogspot.no/2014/08/filesnakes-wartsnakes-or-elephant.html |title=Filesnakes, Wartsnakes, or Elephant Trunksnakes |author=Durso, Andrew |date=30 August 2014 |work=Life is Short, but Snakes are Long |access-date=27 February 2016}}</ref> giving the impression that it is too big for the animal. The skin is covered with small rough adjacent scales. The skin is also used in the [[tannery]] industry.<ref andname="iucn itsstatus leather19 isNovember called2021" [[Karung]]./><ref name=ADW/>

'''AcrochordusThe javanicus'''elephant trunk snake has a costalcoastal living habitat like [[river]]s, [[estuary|estuaries]] and [[lagoon]]s. But it prefers freshwater and brackish environments.<ref name=ADW/>

'''AcrochordusThe javanicus'''elephant trunk snake is an [[ambush predator]] that likespreys to captureon [[fish]]es and [[amphibian]]s. It usually catchcatches its preysprey by folding firmly its body firmly around itthe prey. Its loose, baggy skin and its sharp scales find their utility by limiting any risk of escape of the prey, in particular fishes which bodyhave isbodies covered with a viscous, protective mucus.<ref>http: name=ADW//animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Acrochordus_javanicus/</ref>

==BehaviorBehaviour==

'''AcrochordusThe javanicus'''elephant istrunk activesnake atis nightnocturnal. It spends most of its life under water and rarely goes on land. It can stay under water for up to 40 minutes.<ref>http: name=ADW//animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Acrochordus_javanicus/</ref>

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