Rice Paddy Snake
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Enhydris plumbea from Phetchabun Provonce, West Thailand |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Homalopsidae |
| Genus: | Hypsiscopus |
| Species: | H. plumbea |
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Hypsiscopus plumbea (F. Boie, 1827) |
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The rice paddy snake (Hypsiscopus plumbea) is a species of mildly venomous, rear-fanged, colubrid snake endemic to South Asia.
H. plumbea is found in India, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, southeastern China, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The rice paddy snake is a common and abundant species associated with all sorts of wet habitats.
DNA evidence suggests that this taxon might be a species complex.
The rice paddy snake is a relatively small snake, reaching a total length (including tail) of up to 72 cm (28 in).
Hypiscopus plumbea at Nong Phai District, Phetchabun Province, Thailand
Enhydris plumbea
from Karawang, West Java
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