Chinese Keelback Water Snake
Trimerodytes percarinatus
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Watersnake
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Trimerodytes
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 7
- How common
- Common
About
Chinese Keelback Water Snake (Trimerodytes percarinatus) is a non-venomous water snake of the family Colubridae, found in China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan and 2 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 25 more. Common: recorded in 253 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
- Subtropical Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Bamboo Forest
- Riverine Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Mountain Slopes
- Plateaus
- Wetlands
- Marshes
- Freshwater Marshes
- Swamps
- Freshwater Swamps
- Rivers
- Streams
- Creeks
- Lakes
- Ponds
- Springs
Related snakes
- Yunnan Annulate Keelback Trimerodytes yunnanensis
- Jingdong Water Snake Trimerodytes yapingi
- Asiatic Water Snake Trimerodytes aequifasciatus
- Ringed Keelback Water Snake Trimerodytes annularis
- Hainanese Stream Snake Trimerodytes balteatus
- Zhao's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis zhaoermii
- Atractus dapsilis
- de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
- Hognose Lineate Blackhead Apostolepis lineata
- Tantilla stenigrammi
- Semau Island groundsnake Stegonotus lividus
- Thomas' Racer Pseudalsophis thomasi
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.