At 168 yuan per 500 gram (about $24/lb), live snakes (accompanied by a list of options for preapring them) occupy a place of honor among the creatures displayed outside of a Guangzhou restaurant. The specieis is described as "海豹蛇" (sea-leopard snake) - the <i>Enhydris bocourti</i> perhaps, based on a web search?
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