Fordonia

Fordonia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Homalopsidae
Genus: Fordonia
Gray, 1836
Species:
F. leucobalia
Binomial name
Fordonia leucobalia
(Schlegel, 1837)

Fordonia is a genus of aquatic snakes in the family Homalopsidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Fordonia leucobalia, commonly known as crab-eating water snake and white-bellied mangrove snake.[2] It is a common resident of mangrove swamps and tropical tidal wetlands from the coast of Southeast Asia to Indonesia and the coasts of Northern Australia.

Individual F. leucobalia reach up to a meter in length, and are brown or gray in color with a white belly. There is significant color variation. Some have spots. The anatomy reflects the snake's water-living lifestyle: the eyes are located atop the head, and the nostrils have valves that close when the snake dives.

The snake eats small prey that live in its habitat, such as frogs and small fish, and it specializes in crabs, hence its name. Like other homalopsines, F. leucobalia bears live young.

References

  1. ^ Cogger, H.; Greenlees, M.; Fenner, A.; Gillespie, G.; Robertson, P.; Murphy, J. (2018). "Fordonia leucobalia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T176694A83452701. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T176694A83452701.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Fordonia leucobalia (Schlegel, 1837)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  • Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
  • Frith,C.B. & MacIver,D. 1978 The crab-eating Water Snake, Fordonia leucobalia (Schlegel), another snake new to Thailand. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. (Bangkok) 27: 189–191
  • Schlegel, H. 1837 Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Généralxxviii +251 S. + Partie Descriptiv606 S. + xvi. La Haye (J. Kips, J. HZ. et W. P. van Stockum)
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