
COMMON SMOOTH-SCALED WATER SNAKE କାଉଚିଆ / ଚିକଣି ସାପ
Mildly-Venomous
Common Name: COMMON SMOOTH-SCALED WATER SNAKE
Odia Name: କାଉଚିଆ / ଚିକଣି ସାପ
Zoological Name: Enhydris enhydris
Family: Homalopsidae
WL(P)A – Schedule – II
Smooth scaled. Olive, brown or grey above, either with a broad stripe on back that runs from head to tail tip, or three series of indistinct dark spots (one on back, one all each side). Young have three light lines on back. They give birth to live youngs.
Look-alikes: Olive keelback snake