| Lycodonomorphus rufulus | |
|---|---|
| The Brown Watersnake, Lycodonomorphus rufulus. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Boodontinae |
| Genus: | Lycodonomorphus (Lichtenstein, 1823)[1] |
| Species: | L. rufulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lycodonomorphus rufulus |
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Lycodonomorphus rufulus (Common Brown Water Snake) is a species of non-venomous, South African, colubrid snake.
This gentle, harmless snake is by far the most common water snake in southern Africa. It can be found from Cape Town in the south, along the wet east coast of South Africa and inland as far as Gauteng, Lesotho and Zimbabwe. Throughout its range, its natural habitat is water margins, where it shelters under leaves and logs. It emerges at night to hunt frogs and sometimes rodents. It lays up to ten eggs at the end of summer.