The King Ratsnake or Keeled Ratsnake Elaphe carinata is a species of Colubrid snake

Snake

Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...

 found in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...

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Description

The other common names "stink snake" or "stinking goddess" refer to this species' highly developed post-anal glands which, when the snake is picked up, are frequently emptied, with a very strong, bad odor.
The common name of "King ratsnake" refers to its habit of eating other snakes, including venomous species such as the Chinese cobra

Naja atra

The Chinese cobra The Chinese cobra The Chinese cobra (Naja atra, also known as Taiwanese cobra, is a species of genus Naja found mostly in southern China and Taiwan. Theodore Edward Cantor first described the iridescent black monocled cobra from Chusan Island in 1842...

 and the sharp-nosed viper. It suffocates its prey by constriction, similar to the hunting technique of boas and pythons. It also preys on rodents and other small animals.

The grow to a size of 150 to 170 cm (up to 240 cm).

Distribution: China, North Vietnam, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands