Fowlea melanzostus (Gravenhorst, 1807) is a animal in the Colubridae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Fowlea melanzostus (Gravenhorst, 1807)

Fowlea melanzostus (Gravenhorst, 1807)

Fowlea melanzostus is an endemic Indonesian oviparous colubrid snake found in Java and Bali.

Family
Genus
Fowlea
Order
Class
Squamata

About Fowlea melanzostus (Gravenhorst, 1807)

Fowlea melanzostus (Gravenhorst, 1807), also commonly called the Javan keelback water snake and Javanese keelback water snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. This species is endemic to Indonesia, specifically found in Java and Bali. It is a common species most frequently encountered in rice paddies, but also lives near lakes, rivers, streams, and marshes, and occurs in grassland. Fowlea melanzostus is oviparous.

Photo: (c) Asman Adi Purwanto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Asman Adi Purwanto · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Colubridae Fowlea

More from Colubridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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