Subsessor

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Subsessor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Homalopsidae
Genus: Subsessor
J.C. Murphy & Voris, 2014
Species:
S. bocourti
Binomial name
Subsessor bocourti
(Jan, 1865)
Synonyms [2]
  • Hypsirhina bocourti
    Jan, 1865
  • Enhydris bocourti
    M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Subsessor bocourti
    — J.C. Murphy & Voris, 2014
  • Enhydris bocourti
    Chan-ard et al., 2015

Subsessor is a genus of snake in the family Homalopsidae. The genus is monotypic, containing the sole species Subsessor bocourti. [2] The species is commonly known as Bocourt's mud snake or Bocourt's water snake and has traditionally been placed in the genus Enhydris . [1]

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Etymology

Both the specific name, bocourti, and the common name, Bocourt's water snake, refer to French zoologist Marie Firmin Bocourt. [2] [3]

Geographic range and habitat

S. bocourti is found in a wide range of stagnant fresh water habitats in Mainland Southeast Asia. [1] [2] Records from China are questionable. [2]

Description

A robust snake, S. bocourti can surpass 1 m (3.3 ft) in length. [2]

Reproduction

S. bocourti is a live bearing species, [2] giving birth to, on average, 3-8 fully formed neonate snakes.[ citation needed ]

Diet

S. bocourti feeds on frogs, fishes, and crustaceans. [2]

Commercial use

Bocourt's water snake is widely caught for its skin and sometimes also eaten. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Murphy, J. (2010). "Subsessor bocourti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T176692A7284792. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176692A7284792.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Subsessor bocourti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 December 2016.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Enhydris bocourti, p. 28).

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