Enhydris enhydris

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Rainbow Water Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Genus: Enhydris Species: E. enhydris
Binomial name
Enhydris enhydris (Schneider, 1799)

Rainbow Water Snake or Striped Water Snake Enhydris enhydris is a species of snake.

Distribution:

SE China

Indonesia (Bangka, Belitung, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Sumatra, We);

Bangladesh; Cambodia; C/E India; Laos;

Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia, Borneo, Pulau Tioman;

Myanmar (Burma); Nepal; Pakistan;

Singapore (?); Sri Lanka; Pulau Bangka,

Thailand; Vietnam

Type locality: "Indiae orientalis"

[edit] External links

• Acrochordus.com--Includes Information on Enhydris also
• EMBL reptile database
• http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Enhydris_enhydris.jpg
• http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Enhydris_enhydris.jpg

[edit] References

• Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
• Schneider, J. G. 1799 Historiae Amphibiorum narturalis Hi My name is fuadd et literariae. Fasciculus primus, continens Ranas. Calamitas, Bufones, Salamandras et Hydros. Jena, 266 S.
• Stuart, B.L.; Smith, J.; Davey, K.; Din, P. & Platt, S.G. 2000 Homalopsine watersnakes. The harvest and trade from Tonle Sap, Cambodia. Traffic Bull. 18 (3): 115-124