The elephant trunk snake (Acrochordus javanicus) is an animal from the Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
Description[]
Acrochordus javanicus possesses a wide and flat head, nostrils situated on the top of the snout. Those head's particularities confer to Acrochordus javanicus a certain resemblance with boas. However, its head is also wide as the body. Females are bigger than males and the maximum size of an individual is 240 cm. The dorsal side of the snake's body is brown and its ventral side is pale yellow.
The skin is baggy and loose giving the impression that it is too big for the animal. The skin is covered with small rough adjacent scales. The skin is also used in the tannery industry.
These snakes are fully adapted to live underwater so much that their body cannot support their weight out of water and leaving the water can cause them serious injury.
These aquatic snakes are ovoviviparous, with the incubation lasting 5 to 6 months and the female expels from 6 to 17 young.
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Trivia[]
- Despite being an Asian animal, Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection mentions that this animal is "specific to Australia".