Description ³

INTRODUCTION

• Non Venomous
• Other names : Little Wart snake, Little File Snake.
• Found across coastal India and most of Southeast Asia.
• Completely aquatic and helpless on land.

IDENTIFICATION

• Stout body similar in structure to sea snakes.
• Has very thin and loose skin, rough in texture.
• Usually gray with darker or black crossbands across body.
• Small head with minute scales, small eyes with elliptical pupils and nostrils on upper snout
• Have compressed tails for swimming but not as prominent as true sea snakes.
• Grow to 3-4 feet on average.

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT

• Marine coasts of India.
• Inhabit river estuaries, ponds, mangroves and in sea too.
• Completely aquatic and found in shallow water & saltwater mud flats during low tides.

DIET AND BEHAVIOR

• Feed on fish and crustaceans by constricting around them.
• Very sluggish and helpless on land, become active underwater.
• Nocturnal species and non-offensive.

Fontes e Créditos

1. (c) Chris Harrison, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chris Harrison
2. (c) Vinay Gogula, todos os direitos reservados, uploaded by Vinay Gogula
3. (c) Vinay Gogula, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)

Mais informações

• BioDiversity4All taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HerpMapper
• Snake Database
• The Reptile Database
• VertNet

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