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Animalia >Chordata >Reptilia >Squamata >Colubridae >Dinodon >

Dinodon semicarinatus is a snake widely distributed on the Islands of Amami and Okinawa. It feeds on virtually any vertebrates from frogs, lizards, birds, to rats. On beaches of uninhabited islands, where many sea turtles come to lay eggs, this snake is often seen feeding on turtle hatchlings. Mother sea turtles come ashore, dig a hole of about 50 cm deep, and deposit about 100 eggs in the sand. About two months later, hatchlings dig their way up to the sand surface and head toward the sea. The snake is good at locating a nest containing eggs just before hatching. While coiling itself, the snake sits and waits for hatchlings to come out of the sand. Sometimes, it digs up hatchlings to feed.

(Data No.momo010930ds01b)

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