page_title: Rhinoceros ratsnake
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Rhinoceros ratsnake / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Vietnamese long-nosed snake (Rhynchophis boulengeri)
context_page_description: The rhinoceros ratsnake, also commonly known as the rhinoceros snake, rhino rat snake, and Vietnamese longnose snake, is a species of nonvenomous ratsnake in the family Colubridae. The species is found from northern Vietnam to southern China. It has a prominent, distinctive, scaled protrusion on the front of its snout, which has led to its common naming after a rhinoceros.
context_section_description: The adult size of G. boulengeri is  100–160 cm (39–63 in) in total length (including tail). Its scale count includes 19 rows of dorsals at midbody.
caption: Rhinoceros ratsnake showing full body coils
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