#1818 · 🦎 reptiles
Common Mock Viper
Psammodynastes pulverulentus
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what is it?
Psammodynastes pulverulentus , the common mock viper , is a species of snake native to Asia. It is one of the few snake species to possess three hemipenes.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 3,865 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Heinrich Boie in 1827 (199 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Mock Viper
- scientific name
- Psammodynastes pulverulentus
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Psammodynastidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 3,865
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1827 by Heinrich Boie
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 28999, Wikidata Q2716439, GBIF 2456985, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.