Snake soup in cooking varies from place to place but water snake and python snake are popular choices. Chinese cobra, Banded krait, Indo-Chinese Rat Snake, Tri-rope beauty snake and Hundred-pace viper are commonly used in snake soups. At many restaurants that serve snake soups, customers are able to choose, according to their preference, live snakes to be prepared. Snake meat is light pink in color. On a par with fish, snake meat tastes much richer and is chewier than the former. Ramy Inocencio of CNN describes that "Minced dark mushrooms, finely julienned chicken, fragrant chopped ginger and other herbs and spices fill
Banded kokopu their migratory phase, which alerts juveniles to suitable habitat based on the presence of adults. Banded kokopu can live for at least nine years, possibly longer, and spawn multiple times over their lifetime. Banded kokopu are largely nocturnal, and may be easily and unobtrusively observed night, ideally using red light. Banded kokopu may also be observed during the day if undisturbed. Juvenile banded kokopu are one of five species of galaxiid caught and eaten as whitebait. Banded kokopu The banded kokopu ("Galaxias fasciatus") is a galaxiid of the genus "Galaxias", found only in New Zealand, including the Chatham and Stewart/Rakiura