Rainbow Water Snake (Enhydris enhydris): facts, sounds & photos

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Rainbow Water Snake (Enhydris enhydris) lives in not specified across Southeast Asia. It feeds on not specified. Its conservation status is Least Concern.

Fascinating facts about the Rainbow Water Snake

Its name "Enhydris enhydris" dates back to 1799, when Schneider first described the species as *Hydrus enhydris* in his *Historiae Amphibiorum*. Over two centuries later, the same creature still carries that historic label.
Its range includes southeastern China, Indonesia (Bangka, Belitung, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Sumatra, We), Pakistan, and Vietnam, among other Asian locations.
Scientists have recorded its presence in the floodplains of the Tonle Sap in Cambodia and on Pulau Tioman in Malaysia.

At a glance

RangeSoutheast Asia

Habitatnot specified

Dietnot specified

About the Rainbow Water Snake

The rainbow water snake (Enhydris enhydris) is a mildly venomous, rear-fanged colubrid snake found in southeastern China, Indonesia (Bangka, Belitung, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Sumatra, We), Bangladesh, Cambodia, central and eastern India, Laos, Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia, Borneo, Pulau Tioman), Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Pulau Bangka, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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