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The checkered keelback (Fowlea piscator), also known commonly as the Asiatic water snake, is a common species in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia. It is non-venomous.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Chequered 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 unicolor
- Trimerodytes percarinatus
- Fowlea melanzosta
- Tropidonophis mairii
- Helicops danieli
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Fowlea
- Species
- Fowlea piscator
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