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Helicops angulatus, the Brown-banded Water Snake is an aquatic snake which lives in fresh and brackish water. It is found in tropical South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It grows to a maximum length of 78 cm. It feeds on fish and possibly also freshwater eels and frogs. This species has been reported to be "facultatively ovoviviparous".These snakes are often mistaken for cottonmouths
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- Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX.. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.
- Ford, Neil B. and Ford, David F. (2002) Notes on the Ecology of the South American Water Snake Helicops angulatus (Squamata: Colubridae) in Nariva Swamp, Trinidad. Caribbean Journal of Science 38: 129-132 PDF
