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Reptile and Amphibian Encyclopedia > Snakes > Water Snakes

Water Snakes

Different snakes are called water snakes. Most are colubrids. "Water snake" is also sometimes used as a descriptive term for any snakes that spend a significant time in or near fresh water, such as any species belonging to the family Acrochordidae. They should not be confused with sea snakes, which live primarily or entirely in marine environments.

Examples of snakes called water snakes include:

  • Helicops
  • Liophis
    • Liophis almadensis (Wagler, 1824)
    • Liophis amarali (Wettstein, 1930)
    • Liophis anomalus (Günther, 1858)
    • Liophis atraventer
    • Liophis breviceps (Cope, 1861)
    • Liophis carajasensis (Cunha, Nascimento & Ávila-Pires, 1985)
    • Liophis cobellus - (American) Mangrove Snake
    • Liophis cursor
    • Liophis epinephelus
    • Liophis exequuis
    • Liophis dilepis (Cope, 1862)
    • Liophis festae (Peracca, 1897)
    • Liophis flavifrenatus (Cope, 1862)
    • Liophis frenatus (Werner, 1909)
    • Liophis jaegeri (Günther, 1858)
    • Liophis janaleeae
    • Liophis lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Liophis maryellenae (Dixon, 1985)
    • Liophis melanotus
      • Liophis melanotus nesos
    • Liophis meridionalis (Schenkel, 1901)
    • Liophis miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Liophis mossoroensis (Hoge & Lima-Verde, 1972)
    • St Lucia Racer Liophis ornatus
    • Liophis paucidens (Hoge, 1953)
    • Barbados Racer Liophis perfuscus
    • Liophis poecilogyrus (Wied, 1824)
    • Liophis portoricensis
    • High Woods Coral Liophis reginae
      • Liophis reginae zweifeli
    • Liophis taeniogaster (Jan, 1863)
    • Liophis typhlus (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Liophis viridis (Günther, 1862)
    • Liophis vitti
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