Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Eastern Madagascar Water Snake 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
- Echinanthera cephalostriata
- Echinanthera cyanopleura
- Dendrophidion bivittatus
- Dendrophidion percarinatum
- Dendrelaphis calligaster
- Xenochrophis maculatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Pseudoxyrhophiidae
- Genus
- Thamnosophis
- Species
- Thamnosophis epistibes
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