| Chinese Water Snake | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Homalopsinae |
| Genus: | Enhydris |
| Species: | E. chinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Enhydris chinensis (Gray, 1842) |
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The Chinese water snake or Chinese smooth water snake (Enhydris chinensis) is a species of snake found in China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. It is commonly used in the production of Chinese snake oil.