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Snakes (Serpentes)    Genera Bitia Keel-bellied Estuarine Snake Brachyorrhos Moluccan Short-tailed Snakes Calamophis Doberai Stout-tailed Snakes Cantoria Yellow-banded Mangrove Snake Cerberus Dog-faced Water Snakes Dieurostus Kerala Mud Snake Djokoiskandarus Trans-Fly Mangrove Snake Enhydris Asian Mud Snakes Erpeton Tentacled Snake Ferania Bengal Mud Snake Fordonia White-bellied Mangrove Snake Gerarda Glossy Marsh Snake Gyiophis Burmese Mud Snakes Heurnia Mamberamo River Water Snake Homalophis Bornean Mud Snakes Homalopsis Masked Water Snakes Hypsiscopus Orange-bellied Mud Snake, etc. Karnsophis Sumatra Short-tailed Snake Kualatahan Pahang Mud Snake Mintonophis Pakistani Mud Snake Miralia Greater Sunda Mud Snake Myanophis Thanlyin Mud Snake Myron Indo-Australian Mangrove Snakes Myrrophis Indochinese Mud Snakes Phytolopsis Blackwater Mud Snake Pseudoferania Australian Mud Snake Raclitia Selangor Mud Snake Subsessor Southeast Asian Mud Snake Sumatranus White-spotted Mud Snake

Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: January 1st, 2025. Biodiversity of the family Homalopsidae Bibliography of the family Homalopsidae Homalopsidae Australasian Mud Snakes Wassertrugnattern     Australasiatiske Muddersnoge* Contents: Endemicity: 29 genera of which 12 (41.4%) are endemic   0% 100% 60 species of which 32 (53.3%) are endemic   0% 100% Remarks: This family was previously considered a subfamily of Colubridae (e.g., Goin, Goin & Zug 1978; Voris, Alfaro, Karns, Starnes, Thompson & Murphy 2002). Most works now treat it as a separate family, Homalopsidae (e.g., Murphy 2007; Zaher, Grazziotin, Cadle, Murphy, Moura-Leite & Bonatto 2009; Murphy & Voris 2014; Vitt & Caldwell 2014). Distribution:  S. Asia, Malay Archipelago, Australia, W. Pacific. Reported from: Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam. Meristic and other data of the world's snakes. Compiled by V. Wallach Key to abbreviations Head drawings of the world's snakes (menu). Compiled by V. Wallach