macropisthodon (Boie, 1827)


Macropisthodon flaviceps

(Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)




M. flaviceps
Chan Kin Onn


Macropisthodon plumbicolor

(Cantor, 1839)

M. plumbicolor
Arpit Deomurari

Macropisthodon rhodomelas

(Boie, 1827)

M. rhodomelas
Chan Kinn Onn


Macropisthodon rudis

(Boulenger, 1906)

M. rudis
Caroline Strom


Literature





Anatomy

M. rhodomelas

M. plumbicolor


Bite

M. rhodomelas

A personal account of envenomation by a blue-necked keelback, Macropisthodon rhodomelas (Boie) (Reptilia: Squamata: Natricidae). R. Subaraj. Pp. 109–111
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Venom

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Macropisthodon belong to the asian "keelbacks" which belongs to the subfamily Natricinae

About the care of this genus is poorly known, because animals rarely come into the export.

This genus is often descibed as non-venomnous. Recent researches shows that they have a strong toxin. Equally, they have extremly enlarged fangs, which can be raised, similar to vipers