Fowlea melanzosta, also commonly known as the Javan keelback water snake and the Javanese keelback water snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Javan 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
- Fowlea flavipunctata
- Fowlea piscator
- Amphiesma stolatum
- Fowlea unicolor
- Coelognathus flavolineatus
- Coelognathus helena
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Fowlea
- Species
- Fowlea melanzosta
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