Chequered Keelback
Fowlea piscator
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Fowlea
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 14
- How common
- Common
About
Chequered Keelback (Fowlea piscator) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India and 9 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 52 more. Common: recorded in 1070 places on iNaturalist.
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 Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Bamboo Forest
- Riverine Forest
- Woodland
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Scrubland
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Desert Scrub
- Mountain Slopes
- Plateaus
- Wetlands
- Marshes
- Freshwater Marshes
Related snakes
- Andaman Keelback Fowlea tytleri
- Boulenger's Keelback (asperrimus) Fowlea asperrimus
- Bar-necked Keelback Fowlea schnurrenbergeri
- St. John's Keelback Fowlea sanctijohannis
- Yellow-spotted Keelback Water Snake Fowlea flavipunctatus
- Spotted Keelback Water Snake Fowlea punctulatus
- Javan Keelback Water Snake Fowlea melanozostus
- Yunnan Olive Keelback Fowlea yunnanensis
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.