Ular kisi

from indonesia

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noun
sains
Locus
From indonesia

Definition

A snake with three brown stripes on its back and a wide white stripe on its side

Etymology

Derived from 'ular' (snake) and 'kisi' (lattice or bars). The name refers to the striped patterns on the body of the Macropisthodon plumbicolor or similar species that resemble a lattice arrangement, reflecting folk taxonomy methods of identifying fauna based on dominant visual characteristics.

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Locus