TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae

Genus/species: Elaphe taeniura ridleyi aka Orthriophis taeniurus ridleyi

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Color: yellow to beige background color that darkens to a grey-black towards the tail. A white to cream mid-dorsal stripe starts about half of the way down the body and continues to the tip of tail. Both sides of the head are marked just behind the eye with a black stripe surrounded by blue.

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DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: Southeast Asia including Borneo. Found hanging from the walls and ceilings within caves.

DIET IN THE WILD: Mainly of bats, also rodents and birds.

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REMARKS: Its color is paler than forest racers due to its life in limestone caves.

Borneo Cave Cluster BO03 

References

Encyclopedia of Life  eol.org/pages/794893/details

Ron’s flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/5252793782/in/set-72157620567930293/

Ron’s WordPress  http://wp.me/p1DZ4b-1pB