About Oligodon formosanus (Günther, 1872)
The body scales of Oligodon formosanus have colors within the brown to red spectrum. The body is a tawny light brown, with two darker russet stripes running along both sides of the spine. Thin black lines, which break into smaller dotted patterns, occasionally cross these stripes diagonally. The snake's underbelly is off-white. This species occurs in China (including Hong Kong and Hainan), Japan (including the Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa, Miyako, and Yaeyama), Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.
