Boie’s Mud Snake

Hypsiscopus plumbea

Description

The olive water snake is a medium sized and slender snake, with large eyes and a long slender tail. the top of the head and upper body are dark red, with two black stripes on the sides, the upper and lower parts of the body are bordered with yellow or lime green stripes, the top of the strips starting from the sides of the head. there are blue, light green, or white spots that are visible when the body flexes

Population Size

Stable

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

48 cm or 50 cm

Aq

Aquatic

Ca

Carnivore

Di

Diurnal

No

Nocturnal

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Reptilia

ORDER

:

Squamata

FAMILY

:

Homalopsidae

GENUS

:

Hypsiscopus

SPECIES

:

Hypsiscopus plumbea

Distribution

Olive Water Snake can be found in the lowlands to an altitude of 1200 meters DPL. Usually, these snakes roam in the waters around rice fields, but can also be found in river areas, swamps, or other water sources.

Geography

Continents : Asia

Country : India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Kamboja, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia (Sumatra, Bangka-Belitung, Java, Bali, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi).

Habits and Lifestyle

Usually, these snakes roam in the waters around rice fields, but can also be found in river areas, swamps, or other water sources. This snake is active at night. Even so, this snake is also often seen during the day.

Lifestyle

Aquatic

Biome

Wetland

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

The main diet of the Olive Water Snake is fish, frogs and tadpoles. According to Voris and Murphy (2002), the favorite food of Olive Water Snake includes small frogs such as Microhyla pulchra, Limnonectes limnocharis and Polypedates leucomystax, as well as small fish species such as Monopterus alba, Anabas testudineus, Macropodus opercularis, Clarias teysmanni, species -a type of fish from the family Eleotridae (belosoh), as well as jeler fish.

Diet : Carnivora

Mating Habits

These snakes reproduce by giving birth (ovovivipar). Females give birth to 6 to 30 tails. Each newborn young snake is about 7.5 to 13 cm in size and weighs about 2.1 grams

Reproduction session : –

Incubation periods : –

Independent age : at birth

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 6 to 30 tails

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population threats​

No major threats to this species are known.

Population number​

There are no known threats to this species and it is therefore listed as Least Concern.

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Reference

  1. Murphy, J. 2010. Enhydris plumbea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176699A7285894
  2. Somaweera, R. 2017. A Naturalist’s Guide To The Reptiles and Amphibians of Bali. John Beaufoy Publishing, Oxford, England.
  3. McKay, J.L. 2006. Reptil and Amphibi di Bali. Krieger Publishing Company, Florida, USA.