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Asiatic Water Snakes
Xenochrophis piscator Schneider, 1799
Also calledពស់ស្លាប់កងែ្កប (khm)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
The species was frequently observed in human habitation and a specimen was seen in the Bhata wetland (Fig. 35).
Amphibians and reptiles of Parsa National Park, Nepal
description
Description. Juvenile 225 mm SVL, 101 mm TailL; 131 ventrals, 89 subcaudals, 19 - 19 - 17 dorsals; adult male 515 mm SVL, 261 mm TailL; 130 ventrals, 93 subcaudals, 19 - 19 - 17 dorsals. In both specimens a single rectangular loreal, single preocular, 3 postoculars, 9 supralabials with the 4 th- 5 th touching eye, 10 infralabials. No data recorded for the individual observed in the slash & burnt area. Dorsum olive-brown, gray-brown with rows of darker rectangular checkered blotches, " V " nuchal mark on the head. Venter plain, lighter, dark fringes on ventrals absent, but some speckling along the margins.
Filling the BINs of life: Report of an amphibian and reptile survey of the Tanintharyi (Tenasserim) Region of Myanmar, with DNA barcode data
distribution
General Distribution. Widespread, Pakistan to Southeast Asia and southern China.
Filling the BINs of life: Report of an amphibian and reptile survey of the Tanintharyi (Tenasserim) Region of Myanmar, with DNA barcode data
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2454864.