The trinket snake, also known commonly as the common trinket snake, is a species of nonvenomous constricting snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to southern Central Asia.Adult Common trinket snakes are darker brown, with a transverse series of squarish black spots, or with more or less distinct traces of the color pattern of the young.
There is a vertical black streak below the eye and an oblique black streak behind the eye. Some specimens have a white, black-edged collar; others have two black longitudinal streaks on the head; and others are intermediate in this respect. The lower parts are yellowish, with or without a few small black spots, sometimes with a more or less distinct festooned marking on each side. The young are pale brown above, with black crossbands, each crossband enclosing four to six white ocelli.
Coelognathus helena
Coelognathus
10-15 YEARS
When they sense the presence of a predator, they emit sounds that sound like a dog barking. They may bark for more than an hour to make a predator show itself or leave the area. The muntjac may bark more frequently when its ability to see its surroundings is reduced as a result of the evironment.
Colubridae
1M
The most common and widespread is the common trinket snake (Coelognathus helena helena), found through most of mainland India except the Western Ghats, Northeast India, and the Himalayas. The second is the montane trinket snake, known throughout the Western Ghats.
The trinket snake preys upon rodents (mice, rats, squirrels), small snakes, geckos, and frogs.