[7] They are found in Southeast Asia from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, east through Myanmar to southern China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula and the East Indies to Sulawesi, as well as the Philippines.

They emerge at dusk to actively forage for frogs, other snakes, and small mammals.

[1] These snakes are not very commonly kept as pets because of their high mortality rate in captivity.

They also have very little tolerance of handling, with the resulting stress leading to premature death.

Captive specimens should be provided with a temperature gradient and an easy to burrow substrate.