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Scientific Name: Fowlea flavipunctatus (Hallowell, 1860)
Synonym: Xenochrophis flavipunctatus (Hallowell, 1860) (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Yellow-spotted Keelback, Yellow-spotted
Keelback Water Snake
Local/Bangla Name: Holdey-chiti Dhora Shap (হলদে-চিটি ঢোরা সাপ)
Photo: Tommy Hui (iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae
Description:
The snake exhibits an olive-brown hue as its base color, adorned with black streaks and blotches, along with a line of small yellow or white dots on each side of its body. Distinctive black streaks extend downwards and backwards from the eye. Juvenile specimens display a notable yellow marking on their necks, which diminishes with maturity. The eyes are large.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
This species is commonly found in slow-moving rivers and streams, marshes, swamps, flooded rice fields, ponds, lakes, and ditches. In Bangladesh, it occurs in Matamuhuri, Bandarban.
Environment:
Freshwater, terrestrial.
Comments:
It is a semi-aquatic species and its diet primarily consisting of frogs and fish.
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