Split Keelback

Atretium schistosum, also known commonly as the split keelback and the olive keelback wart snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species, which is the sole species in the genus Atretium, is native to South Asia.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Split Keelback being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Hypsiscopus murphyi
• Hypsiscopus plumbeus
• Hypsiscopus wettsteini
• Helicops carinicaudus
• Enhydris enhydris
• Lycodonomorphus rufulus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Atretium

Species

Atretium schistosum

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