How Identify A Asiatic Water Snake Wildlife & Reptile Rescue Video.

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Scientific Name:-Xenochrophis piscator

Regional Names:-
English: -Asiatic Water Snake
Kannada: -ನೀರು ಹಾವು, ಬೆನ್ನೇಣು ಹಾವು
Hindi: -Paani wala saap
Marathi: -Divad
Malayalam:-പുളവന്‍, നീര്‍ക്കോലി
Gujarati:-ડેડું

identification: -
Morphologically it is variable in colors and somewhat in patterns also. Overall it can be identified by carefully checking blackish patched dorsal surface on brown, greenish or yellow ground color.

Habitat:-
Lives around any type of water body including lakes, river, pond, sewer line, logged water in agricultural lands, wells; can survive in moist surrounding without any water supply. Activity both diurnal and nocturnal. Behavior very alert, active and aggressive. On threatening rise its forebody and stretch it in fake hood manner. Gives painful bite by deep wounds. Reproduction - Mating is from winter starting to middle of summer. Female lay up to 90 eggs in dry and moist place. Maximum hatchlings observe during late June to July

Natural History:-
Checkered Keelback is a species capable in showing activity anytime. However prone activity is seen during early morning and evening. Locomotion fast and jumpy when threatened. Behavior alert, aggressive and very quick to respond. To show alertness and aggression it inflates much of fore body to show false hood. On threatening always try to escape first by creeping in jumpy manner. In cornered or handled position it bites in chew manner which is always injurious. Oviparous. Mating occurs from winters to summer. Female lays up to 90 eggs. New born seen from May to mid monsoon.

Diet:-
Feeds mainly on fishes, frogs and toads. Also feeds on rodents, other snakes, rejected meat pieces etc. Juveniles feed on tadpoles also. Majorly fish feeder (77%). X. piscator showed significantly higher feeding frequencies in males and less in females than expected.

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