Indo-Chinese Sand Snake

Indo-Chinese Sand Snake (Psammophis indochinensis) is a snake recorded for Vietnam in the project inventory. Its supporting occurrence note is “Expert range list”. The accepted scientific name is retained because regional snake taxonomy and species boundaries can change, while similar-looking species may require scale counts, anatomy or genetic evidence for reliable separation. This profile therefore distinguishes the recorded identity and occurrence from broader biological context instead of inventing unsupported locality, size, diet or breeding details (project species data; Reptile Database taxonomy).

Psammophis sand and grass snakes are slender, fast-moving, mainly day-active hunters that use keen vision while pursuing lizards and other small vertebrates. They occupy open ground, grass, scrub and forest edges depending on species. Members are rear-fanged and venomous, so they should not be handled. These are genus-level biological notes rather than documented Vietnamese observations of this species, and exact speed, size, habitat, diet and clutch details are omitted (general Psammophis account; Reptile Database).