8 Species Of Keelback And Bronzeback Snakes Found In India

Keelback and Bronzeback are common name of snakes found in water and tress. Here is the list of known species of keelback or Water Snake found in India along with Tree Snakes, known as Bronzeback Tree Snake found in and around Western Ghats.

# Checkered Keelback

Checkered keelback also called as Indian water snake, A very common species of water snake found in India and Asia. It is a non-venomous snake but always mimicking a cobra and known by many names such as dendu saap, dhoriya saanp.

# Olive keelback Water Snake

Olive keelback water snake is also a common and harmless water snake species found occurs in peninsular India and South Asia. The split keelback feeds mainly on frogs, tadpoles, fish and crabs and very common around Bangalore, Kakinada and Arcot of south India.

# Rainbow Water Snake

Rainbow water snake is a mildly venomous snake distributed in number of countries of across south-east Asia. It is also called as mud snake and a most common species that found in paddy fields.

# Buff striped Keelback

Buff striped keelback is a small species of nonvenomous snake, closely related to water snakes and grass snake found across Asia. It is the sole species of genus Amphiesma and a nonaggressive snake that mostly feeds on frogs and toads, a very common snake during the monsoon season in India.

# Green Keelback

Green keelback or Indian grass snake is a non venomous snake found in the forests of peninsular India and Sri Lanka. The lead green keelback especially found on the hills of India and raise the head like a cobra.

# Dog-faced Water Snake

Dog-faced water snake mostly distributed in mangroves of India, also found in all coasts states on mainland Indian cities, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Sundarbans freshwater swamp forest and Sundarbans mangrove forest.

# Cat-eyed Water Snake

The cat-eyed water snake species is endemic to Asia and only species of the genus Gerarda. Indian glossy marsh snake feeds exclusively on crabs and also known known as Gerard’s water snake.

# Siebold’s Water Snake

Siebold’s water snake is a mildly venomous species found in India, Bangladesh and Malaysia. This small aquatic snake has pattern similar to a python and a rear-fanged snake from the family of Homalopsidae.