Different snakes are called water snakes. "Water snake" is also sometimes used as a descriptive term for any snakes that spend a significant time in or near fresh water, 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.
Atretium schistosum, the split keelback or olive keelback wart snake, is a species of snake found in South Asia. It is a common and harmless watersnake.
The checkered keelback, also known commonly as the Asiatic water snake, is a common species in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia. It is non-venomous.
There are two genera of snake named swamp snake:
Earth snake may refer to the following genera:
Rhabdophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. Species in the genus Rhabdophis are generally called keelback snakes, and are found primarily in Southeast Asia.
Ground snake can refer to three distinct genera of snakes:
Boomsong's stream snake, also known as Boomsong's keelback and Boonsong's stream snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae, subfamily Natricinae (keelbacks). It is monotypic in the genus Isanophis. The species is endemic to Thailand.
Opisthotropis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia and South China.
Helicops is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.
Pseudagkistrodon is a monotypic genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The sole species is Pseudagkistrodon rudis, also known as red keelback, false habu, and false viper. It is found in southwest, south, and east China and in Taiwan. One subspecies, Pseudagkistrodon rudis multiprefrontalisZhao and Jiang 1981 from Sichuan, is recognized, in addition to the nominotypical one.
Trimerodytes is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to East Asia and Southeast Asia.
Fowlea yunnanensis is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is found in the Lianghe and Longchuan Counties of southwestern Yunnan, China; its range could extend into Myanmar. It occurs at elevations of 800–1,400 m (2,600–4,600 ft) above sea level and is often found in rice fields, ponds and marshes of valleys, basins, and subalpine areas.
Tropidonophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae.
Hebius is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.
Amphiesmoides is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species Amphiesmoides ornaticeps. It is commonly known as Werner's ornate snake or white-eyed keelback.
Herpetoreas is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South Asia.
Fowlea is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Asia.
There are two genera of snake named snail-eater:
There are two genera of snake named stream snake:
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