Full-grown specimen in the mangroves of Khatib
Bongsu, Singapore
Emerging from a burrow on the mudflats of Sungei Buloh, Singapore.
Typical posture when hunting for small fish.
A
successful catch being consumed by the banks of a mangrove inlet.
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A very common, and
sometimes abundant inhabitant of Southeast Asia's mangroves and mudflats,
this species emerges in great numbers at night during low tide to feed on
fish and invertebrates. Less commonly it can be found in inland freshwater.
It is able to 'sidewind' across mudflats.
The dorsal colour is
greyish brown, and the ventral surface brown with white patches or cream-coloured
and mottled. There is a black line from the eye to the neck, and its eyes
are located on top of the head, allowing it to maintain vision when
half-submerged in the mud. Though a mildly venomous, back-fanged species it
is generally not aggressive.
It ranges from Sri Lanka
and India to Vietnam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Sumatra,
across the Indonesian archipelago to New Guinea and northern Australia.
Family
: HOMALOPSIDAE
Species : Cerberus rynchops
Maximum Size : over 1 metre
References : H2, H3
Link : Aquatic Snakes of Southeast Asia, Field
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