Yellow-spotted Keelback Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Fowlea flavipunctatus
Family : Colubridae
Order : Squamata
Class : Reptilia
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Yellow-spotted Keelback Water Snake
Habitat : Slow rivers and streams, marshes, swamps, ponds, and lakes
Description : The body of Yellow-spotted Keelback Water Snake is cylindrical and its head is slightly larger than its body.Its eyes are moderately large.Their
basal colour may be brown,yellowish,cream,greenish grey or sometimes reddish and it is patterned with dark markings forming a reticulate pattern.
basal colour may be brown,yellowish,cream,greenish grey or sometimes reddish and it is patterned with dark markings forming a reticulate pattern.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Atretium schistosum
(Olive Keelback Water Snake) -
Fowlea piscator
(Checkered Keelback) -
Hebius xenura
(Cherrapunji Keelback) -
Xenochrophis cerasogaster
(Dark bellied marsh snake) -
Rhabdophis himalayanus
(Himalayan Keelback) -
Amphiesma platyceps
(Himalayan Mountain Keelback) -
Rhabdophis subminiatus
(Red-necked Keelback) -
Amphiesma stolatum
(Striped Keelback)
Species groups
References:
description written by: Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka; information source:www.ecologyasia.com; photo credit:nomascus(www.inaturalist.org/people/nomascus), photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.
description written by: Hajbun Tasnim Preety,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka; information source:www.ecologyasia.com; photo credit:nomascus(www.inaturalist.org/people/nomascus), photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.