Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
April 12th, 2025.
 
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Genus
Ferania
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Bengal Mud Snake
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Bengal-Schlammnatter
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Bengalsk Muddersnog
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1842 |  |
Ferania Gray (type species: Homalopsis sieboldii Schlegel 1837) |
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1843 | |
Pythomorphus Fitzinger (type species: Homalopsis sieboldii Schlegel 1837) |
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1853 | |
Trigonurus Dumeril (type species: Homalopsis sieboldii Schlegel 1837; syn. Murphy & Voris 2014) |
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1869 | |
Feranioides Carlleyle (type species: Feranioides jamnaeticus Carlleyle 1869; syn. Murphy & Voris 2014) |
Contents:
1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of
Enhydris (e.g., Murphy 2007). Revalidated as a separate genus by Kumar, Sanders, George & Murphy (2012).
Distribution:
As for the single species.
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Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations
Head drawings of the
genus Ferania.
Compiled by V. Wallach
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Ferania sieboldii
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Bengal Mud Snake, (Siebold's Mud Snake, Siebold's Smooth Water Snake, Siebold's Water Snake)
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Bengal-Schlammnatter
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Bengalsk Muddersnog
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Homalopsis sieboldii Schlegel |
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Ferania sieboldi Gray 1842 |
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Trigonurus sieboldi Duméril & Bibron 1854 |
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Hypsirhina sieboldi Jan 1863 |
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Enhydris sieboldi Mell 1929 |
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Feranioides jamnæticus Carlleyle (Murphy 2007) |
Remarks:
Restricted to Yamuna (Jumma?), Ganges, and Brahmaputra drainages in northern India and adjacent countries, according to Whitaker & Captain (2004) and Murphy (2007). Records from southern India (e.g., Goa: Pradhan 2008; Kerala: Easa & Ramachandran 2004; Palot & Radhakrishnan 2003; Smith 1943; Maharashtra: Gyi 1970; Smith 1943; Tamil Nadu: Daniels 2001; Aengals 2009) need confirmation, as they may represent misidentified dussumieri (Murphy 2007; Whitaker & Captain 2004). The only record from West Malaysia is based on a specimen which probably has wrong locality data (Murphy 2007).
Distribution:
Bangladesh,
India
(Bihar,
Delhi,
Jharkhand,
Madhya Pradesh,
Mizoram,
Nagaland,
Odisha,
Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand,
West Bengal),
Myanmar,
Nepal.
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