The Homalopsidae are a family of snakes which contains about 30 genera and more than 50 species. They are commonly known as Indo-Australian water snakes, mudsnakes, or bockadams. They are also known as ular air (lit. "water snake") in Indonesian. They are typically stout-bodied water snakes, and all are mildly venomous. Two monotypic genera are notable for their unusual morphology: Erpeton possesses a pair of short, fleshy appendages protruding from the front of the snout, and Bitia has uniquely enlarged palatine teeth. Cerberus species have been noted to use sidewinding to cross slick mud flats during low tide. Fordonia and Gerarda are the only snakes known to tear their prey apart before eating it, pulling soft-shelled crabs through their coils to rip them apart prior to ingestion.[1]
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The Homalopsidae are a family of snakes which contains about 30 genera and more than 50 species. They are commonly known as Indo-Australian water snakes...
or masked water snake) is a species of mildly venomous snake in the Homalopsidae family found in tropical areas of Southeast Asia. Upper labials 1–4 contact...
dog-faced water snake, is a mildly venomous species of a snake in the family Homalopsidae. It is native to coastal waters of South and Southeast Asia. The species...
Liophis species, including: Liophis cobellus Liophis reginae Family Homalopsidae - all species, for example: Cerberus rynchops - dog-faced water snake...
Dispholidinae (now part of Colubrinae) Subfamily Homalopsinae (now family Homalopsidae) Subfamily Lamprophiinae (now a subfamily of Lamprophiidae) Subfamily...
This is a list of reptile species found in Sumatra, Indonesia. Crocodylus porosus Tomistoma schlegelii Batagur affinis Batagur borneoensis Cuora amboinensis...
Opisthoglyphous snakes are found mostly in the families Colubridae and Homalopsidae. Proteroglyphous snakes (forward grooved) have shortened maxillae bearing...
Homalopsidae. The genus is restricted to South East Asia and includes five currently recognized species. Like all members of the family Homalopsidae,...
except in Europe. Sea snakes occur in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. Homalopsidae Bonaparte, 1845 28 53 Homalopsids Southeastern Asia and northern Australia...
Djokoiskandarus is a genus of snake in the family Homalopsidae that contains the sole species Djokoiskandarus annulata. It is commonly known as the banded...
Enhydris is a genus of slightly venomous, rear-fanged, snakes in the family Homalopsidae. The genus is endemic to the tropical area of Indo-Australian region...
Kapuas mud snake (Homalophis gyii) is a species of snake in the family Homalopsidae. The species, which is native to Borneo, can change its epidermal colour...
Fordonia is a genus of aquatic snakes in the family Homalopsidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Fordonia leucobalia, commonly...
Pseudoferania is a genus of snake in the family Homalopsidae. The genus is monotypic, containing the sole species Pseudoferania polylepis (MacLeay's water...
There are about 110 species of reptiles in Singapore. Most of them are small or rarely seen. But there are a few which are large or prominent. The largest...
Myanophis is a genus of snake in the family Homalopsidae that contains the sole species Myanophis thanlyinensis. It is endemic to Myanmar, and was described...
snake, and the glossy marsh snake, is a species of snake in the family Homalopsidae. The species is endemic to Asia. It is the only species in the genus...
Gyiophis is a genus of snakes in the family Homalopsidae. The genus is endemic to Myanmar. The genus Gyiophis was named in honor of the Burmese herpetologist...
Hypsiscopus is a genus of snakes of the family Homalopsidae. The name comes from the Greek words Hypsi, meaning high or lofty, and scopus, meaning view...
Dieurostus is a genus of snake in the family Homalopsidae. The genus Dieurostus is monotypic, containing only the species Dieurostus dussumieri, commonly...
Brachyorrhos is a genus of snakes of the family Homalopsidae. Brachyorrhos albus (Linnaeus, 1758) Brachyorrhos gastrotaenius (Bleeker, 1860) Brachyorrhos...
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