• Source: Water snake

The term "water snakes" is sometimes used as a descriptive term for any snakes that spend a significant time in or near aquatic environments, especially freshwater habitats, such as any species belonging to the family Acrochordidae. They should not be confused with sea snakes, which live primarily or entirely in marine environments.
Examples of water snakes include:

Family Boidae
Green anaconda - Water boa
Family Colubridae
Afronatrix, a monotypic genus with the sole representative, the African brown water snake, Afronatrix anoscopus
Hydrops (snake)
Hydromorphus
Hydrodynastes species, including:
Hydrodynastes gigas – false water snake or Brazilian smooth snake
Natrix natrix
Natrix tessellata
Nerodia species
Opisthotropis species
Ptychophis, a monotypic genus with the sole representative, the fanged water snake, Ptychophis flavovirgatus
Sinonatrix species, including:
Sinonatrix percarinatus – eastern water snake
Trimerodytes species
Fowlea species, including:
Fowlea piscator – Asiatic water snake or chequered keelback
Helicops (snake) species, including:
Helicops angulatus – brown-banded water snake
Liophis species, including:
Liophis cobellus
Liophis reginae
Family Homalopsidae - all species, for example:
Cerberus rynchops - dog-faced water snake
Enhydris enhydris - rainbow water snake
Enhydris plumbea - rice paddy water snake or rice paddy snake
Homalopsis buccata - puff-faced water snake
Family Viperidae
Agkistrodon piscivorus - cottonmouth




See also


List of marine snakes

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Ular-air kelabu
• Homalopsis
• Ular-rumput Eropa
• Ular-air bakau
• Bockadam
• Ular-air belang
• Air alkali
• Cantoria violacea
• Apep
• Ksatria Baja X
• Water snake
• Banded water snake
• Grass snake
• Agkistrodon piscivorus
• Chinese water snake
• Brown water snake
• Siebold's water snake
• Snake (zodiac)
• Green water snake
• Rainbow water snake