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THE BIODIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
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Fordonia leucobalia(Schlegel, 1837)

Crab-eating Water Snake

Nathanael Maury
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Identified By: Nathanael Maury
Species Interactions (6)
Preyed upon by
Common Palm Civet, Toddy Cat, MusangParadoxurus musangus
References
  • Huang & Lee, 2014. Singapore Biodiversity Records 2014: 259-260
Giant mudskipperPeriophthalmodon schlosseri
References
  • Serin, 2015. Singapore Biodiversity Records 2015: 163
Equatorial Spitting Cobra, Black Spitting CobraNaja sumatrana
References
  • Ng, 2020. Facebook post
Preys on
Episesarma versicolor
References
  • Jayne et al., 2002. Nature 418: 143
Clistocoeloma merguiense
References
  • Jayne et al., 2018. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 123(3): 636–650

Basic Information

Classification:
Vertebrata: "Reptilia": Squamata: Homalopsidae (mud snakes)
Residency Status:
Native

Biology/Ecology

Ecology:
Widespread but rare.

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Squamata (Snakes)

Acrochordidae (File-snakes)
Colubridae
Ela
Elapidae (Cobras and allies)
Homalopsidae (Mud snakes)
Hydrophiidae (Sea snakes)
Natricidae (Keelbacks)
Pareatidae (Slug snakes)
Pythonidae (Pythons)
Typhlopidae (Blind snakes)
Viperidae (Vipers)
Xenopeltidae (Sunbeam snakes)