Boie's Mud Snake
Hypsiscopus plumbea
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Watersnake
- Family
- Homalopsidae
- Genus
- Hypsiscopus
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 10
- How common
- Rare
About
Boie's Mud Snake (Hypsiscopus plumbea) is a non-venomous water snake of the family Homalopsidae, found in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos and 5 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 41 more. Rare: no confirmed iNaturalist sightings.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Riverine Forest
- Flooded Forest
- Peat Swamp Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Mountain Slopes
- Wetlands
- Marshes
- Freshwater Marshes
- Swamps
- Freshwater Swamps
- Forested Swamps
- Peatlands
- Rivers
- Lakes
Related snakes
- Matana Mud Snake Hypsiscopus matannensis
- Myanophis thanlyinensis
- Brachyorrhos pygmaeus
- Mamberano Mud Snake Heurnia ventromaculata
- Lake Buhi Bockadam Cerberus microlepis
- Tentacled Snake Erpeton tentaculatum
- Keel-bellied Water Snake Bitia hydroides
- Gerard's water snake Gerarda prevostiana
- Siebold's Mud Snake Ferania sieboldii
- Selangor Mud Snake Raclitia indica
- Blackwater Mud Snake Phytolopsis punctata
- Reuss' Mud Snake Miralia alternans
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.