DOG-FACED WATER SNAKE
କୁକୁର-ମୁହାଁ ପାଣି ସାପ

Mildly-Venomous 
Common Name: DOG-FACED WATER SNAKE
Odia Name: କୁକୁର-ମୁହାଁ ପାଣି ସାପ
Zoological Name: Cerberus rynchops
Family: Homalopsidae
WL(P)A – Schedule – I

Thick body dull, strongly keeled scales. Head slightly broader than neck; small eye has elliptical pupil. Nostrils and eyes set high on head. Slate-grey, brown or olive with a darker pattern of crossbars or (sometimes faint) spots all the back. A black streak passes through eye onto the neck.

Look-alikes: Nil

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IFSC Code: 

BARB0SABHUB

Name:

Snake Helpline

Account Number:

24280100011242

Bank:

Bank of Baroda

Branch:

Samantarapur Branch, Bhubaneswar, Odisha