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Saltmarsh Snake
Colubridae

Saltmarsh Snake

Nerodia clarkii (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Nerodia clarkii, or salt marsh snake, is a semi-aquatic non-venomous North American coastal snake that gives live birth.

Mississippi Green Watersnake
Colubridae

Mississippi Green Watersnake

Nerodia cyclopion (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Nerodia cyclopion, the green water snake, is a heavy-bodied North American ovoviviparous water snake found in the Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast.

Plain-bellied Watersnake
Colubridae

Plain-bellied Watersnake

Nerodia erythrogaster (Forster, 1771)

Nerodia erythrogaster, the plain-bellied water snake, is a large patternless North American water snake with an unmarked belly.

Viperine Snake
Colubridae

Viperine Snake

Natrix maura (Linnaeus, 1758)

Natrix maura, the viperine snake, is a scaled reptile found across southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa in aquatic habitats.

Tessellated Water Snake
Colubridae

Tessellated Water Snake

Natrix tessellata (Laurenti, 1768)

Natrix tessellata, the dice snake, is a nonvenomous Eurasian colubrid water snake living near aquatic habitats.

barred grass snake
Colubridae

barred grass snake

Natrix helvetica (Lacépède, 1789)

Natrix helvetica, the barred grass snake, is a collared, metre-long reptile found across Western Europe with a wide range of habitats.

Iberian Grass Snake
Colubridae

Iberian Grass Snake

Natrix astreptophora Seoane, 1885

Natrix astreptophora, the red-eyed grass snake, is a distinct Natrix species with fragmented ranges in southwestern Europe and North Africa.

grass snake
Colubridae

grass snake

Natrix natrix (Linnaeus, 1758)

Natrix natrix, the grass snake, is a widespread Eurasian reptile with a distinct neck collar that lays eggs in warm, humid rotting vegetation.

Buff Striped Keelback
Colubridae

Buff Striped Keelback

Amphiesma stolatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Amphiesma stolatum, the buff striped keelback, is a small diurnal terrestrial snake found across South and Southeast Asia.

Wynad Keelback
Colubridae

Wynad Keelback

Hebius monticola (Jerdon, 1853)

Hebius monticola is a small slender snake that lives in forest leaf litter, with defined scale and color patterns.

Japanese Keelback
Colubridae

Japanese Keelback

Hebius vibakari (Boie, 1826)

Hebius vibakari is a small keeled-scaled snake found across parts of East Asia and the Russian Far East.

Pryer's Keelback
Colubridae

Pryer's Keelback

Hebius pryeri (Boulenger, 1887)

Pryer's keelback (Hebius pryeri) is a colubrid snake found on the Ryukyu Islands that can host Amblyomma geoemydae tick larvae.

Kosempo Keelback
Colubridae

Kosempo Keelback

Hebius sauteri (Boulenger, 1909)

Hebius sauteri is an endemic Asian colubrid snake found in southern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.

Striped Swampsnake
Colubridae

Striped Swampsnake

Liodytes alleni (Garman, 1874)

Liodytes alleni, the striped crayfish snake, is a semiaquatic North American snake found mostly in Florida and southeastern Georgia.

Black Swampsnake
Colubridae

Black Swampsnake

Liodytes pygaea (Cope, 1871)

Liodytes pygaea, the black swamp snake, is a small US-native ovoviviparous snake that lives in vegetated swamplands.

Glossy Swampsnake
Colubridae

Glossy Swampsnake

Liodytes rigida (Say, 1825)

Liodytes rigida is a heavy-bodied North American snake with keeled midbody scales and a viviparous reproductive strategy.

Boulenger's Keelback
Colubridae

Boulenger's Keelback

Fowlea asperrimus (Boulenger, 1891)

Fowlea asperrimus is a moderately sized water snake found across multiple aquatic habitats in Sri Lanka.

Yellow-spotted Keelback
Colubridae

Yellow-spotted Keelback

Fowlea flavipunctatus (Hallowell, 1860)

Fowlea flavipunctatus, the yellow-spotted keelback, is a diurnal semiaquatic colubrid snake found across East and Southeast Asia.

Javan Keelback
Colubridae

Javan Keelback

Fowlea melanzostus (Gravenhorst, 1807)

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

Chequered Keelback
Colubridae

Chequered Keelback

Fowlea piscator (Schneider, 1799)

Fowlea piscator, the checkered keelback, is an oviparous medium-sized snake found across South and Southeast Asia.

Striped Keelback
Colubridae

Striped Keelback

Xenochrophis vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Xenochrophis vittatus, the striped keelback, is a mildly venomous, human-harmless snake native to western Indonesia and introduced elsewhere.

Triangle Keelback
Colubridae

Triangle Keelback

Xenochrophis trianguligerus (Boie, 1827)

The triangle keelback (Xenochrophis trianguligerus) is a snake species found across multiple locations in South and Southeast Asia.

Spotted Keelback
Colubridae

Spotted Keelback

Xenochrophis maculatus (Edeling, 1864)

The spotted keelback (Xenochrophis maculatus) is a colubrid snake found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore.

Mountain Water Snake
Colubridae

Mountain Water Snake

Trimerodytes percarinatus (Boulenger, 1899)

Trimerodytes percarinatus is a non-venomous aquatic medium-sized snake found across parts of East and Southeast Asia.

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