Hydrops triangularis

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Water Coral
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hydrops
Species: H. triangularis
Binomial name
Hydrops triangularis
(Wagler, 1824)

Hydrops triangularis, the Water Coral, is a water-snake found in western Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago. It reaches a maximum size of about 78 cm and feeds on eels and fish.

[edit] References

Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX.. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.