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Rice paddy snake - Wikipedia

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Rice paddy snake

From Phetchabun Province, western Thailand
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Homalopsidae
Genus:	Hypsiscopus
Species:	H. plumbea
Binomial name
*Hypsiscopus plumbea* (F. Boie, 1827)
Synonyms^[2]
Homalopsis plumbea F. Boie, 1827 Coluber plumbeus — Eydoux & Gervais, 1837 Hypsirhina plumbea — Gray, 1842 Eurostus plumbeus — A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 Enhydris plumbea — Stejneger, 1898

The rice paddy snake (Hypsiscopus plumbea), also known as grey water snake,^[3] Boie's mud snake,^[1] yellow or orange bellied water snake, lead water snake or plumbeous water snake is a species of non - venomous, rear-fanged snake endemic to South Asia.^[4]^[5] It is somewhat common, and is one of the most widespread species of water snake in Asia.^[5]^[6]^[3]

Taxonomy

The species epithet, plumbea, means 'lead-like' and refers to the snake's greyish upper body.^[3]

DNA evidence suggests that this taxon might be a species complex.^[1]

Description

The rice paddy snake is a relatively small snake, reaching a total length (including tail) of up to 72 cm (28 in), although sources vary.^[4] This snake feeds readily on small fish, frogs, and occasionally small lizards. It has countershading coloration, which is dark brown to grey in the upper part of its body, and light colored white to yellowish color at the bottom of its body. In some populations, the upper part may be greenish, and dark spots along the vertebral line may also occur.^[3] It is mainly nocturnal.^[3]

Distribution and habitat

The rice paddy snake is found in the Andaman Islands (India), Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, southern China, and Taiwan.^[1]^[3]^[4]

The rice paddy snake is a common and abundant species associated with a variety of wet habitats.^[1]

Gallery

Hypiscopus plumbea at Nong Phai District, Phetchabun Province, Thailand
Hypiscopus plumbea
from Karawang, West Java
Plumbeous water snake being eaten by Scolopendra dehaani, a species of large centipede.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Murphy, J. (2010). "Hypsiscopus plumbea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176699A7285894. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176699A7285894.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ Hypsiscopus plumbea at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Grey Water Snake - Hypsiscopus plumbea". www.ecologyasia.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c Breuer, Hans; William Christopher Murphy (2009–2010). "Hypsiscopus plumbea". Snakes of Taiwan. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Plumbeous Water Snake - Hypsiscopus plumbea". HongKongSnakeID.com. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
^ Pets. "Rice paddy snake". Pets. Retrieved 2022-09-25.

Boie, F. (1827). "Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier ". Isis van Oken [Jena] 20: 508–566. (Homalopsis plumbea, new species, p. 550).
Boulenger, G.A. (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Hypsirhina plumbea, pp. 5–6).
Das, Indraneil. (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Enhydris plumbea, p. 34).
Ghodke, Sameer; Harry V. Andrews. (2002). Enhydris plumbea (Boie, 1827) (Serpentes: Colubridae: Homalopsinae), a new record for India. Hamadryad 26 (2): 373–375. [2001]
Gray, J.E. (1842). Monographic Synopsis of the Water Snakes, or the Family Hydridae. Zoological Miscellany 1842: 59–68. (Hypsirhina plumbea, p. 66).
Smith, M.A. (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Enhydris plumbea, pp. 382–383, Figure 122).
Stejneger, Leonard. (1907). Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory. United States National Museum Bulletin 58. Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. xx + 577 pp. (Enhydris plumbea, pp. 300–302, Figures 260–262).
Voris, Harold K.; Karns, Daryl R. (1996). Habitat utilization, movements, and activity patterns of Enhydris plumbea (Serpentes: Homalopsinae) in a rice paddy wetland in Borneo. Herpetological Natural History 4 (2): 111–126.

Taxon identifiers
Enhydris plumbea	Wikidata: Q2384078 EoL: 794795 GBIF: 5224409 iNaturalist: 26759 IRMNG: 10725009 ITIS: 700421 Observation.org: 99371 Open Tree of Life: 769299
Hypsiscopus plumbea	Wikidata: Q29913594 Wikispecies: Hypsiscopus plumbea CoL: 6MT3P GBIF: 9542943 iNaturalist: 539840 ITIS: 1008573 IUCN: 176699 NCBI: 46265 OBIS: 1500058 Open Tree of Life: 769299 RD: plumbea

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