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The dragon snake is a Javanese snake, which is mainly nocturnal and feeds on frogs. Its dark color and slender body make it easy to distinguish it from other snakes. Scientists believe that the dragon snake is the most primitive snake species, with unique scales, including protrusions on the back. The origin of the dragon snake is Thailand, Myanmar and Indonesia.

Java amphibians are called dragon snakes mainly because they have three rows of huge scales with different shapes, and the skin in the middle of the scales is sunken downwards, which looks very hard, like Long Lin, giving people the feeling of being skinny, but no matter how you look at it, you won't think it is a snake. In fact, these seemingly hard scales are not so hard as stiff.

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Javanese amphibians, first discovered in 1836, live in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and other places. There are three ridges on the back, which are composed of small tumors. They live on high mountains, and their heads are similar to those of ancient pythons. Eat frogs. Usually sleep on the ground during the day and hunt at night. Found in peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Sumatra. Sometimes called dragon snake, also known as three-scale snake, because of its unique scales.

Java amphibians are very thin, only about 60~80 cm. In order to prevent them from being easily killed by predators, their muscle density becomes higher and higher, but this is not used to strangle prey, but to protect themselves with scales. When you touch a certain part of their body, the muscles around them become tense and stiff, like a board.

Javanese amphibians were first discovered in 1836 and were named by Danish zoologists. Although it is also found in Java, it is not only distributed here, but also widely distributed snakes, which are distributed in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and southern Myanmar. They mainly live in wetlands, swamps, streams, ponds and even farmland, and usually only move at night.

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