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    Species Accepted

    Fordonia leucobalia (Schlegel, 1837)

    Crab-eating (Water) Snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Fordonia
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      21 results
      Crab-eating (Water) Snake English
      Crab-eating Mud Snake English
      Crab-eating Snake English
      Crab-eating Water Snake English
      Fordon's Water Snake English
      Fordonia English
      Krebs-Wassertrugnatter German
      Mangrove Snake English
      Plain Fordonia English
      Serpiente Acuática de Manglar Spanish

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      60 results
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      Eipper T, & Eipper S. (2024). SNAKES OF AUSTRALIA. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 368 Pp.
      Boulenger, G. A. (1896). Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum, Vol. 3. London (Taylor & Francis), Xiv + 727 Pp.
      Grismer, L. L. (2011). Amphibians and reptiles of the Seribuat Archipelago. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 239 Pp.
      Stuebing, R. B., Inger, R. F., & Lardner, B. (2014). A field guide to the snakes of Borneo, second edition. Natural History Publications (Borneo).
      FIGUEROA, ALEX & RYAN J.R. MCCLEARY. (2021). Descending from the trees onto the mud to feed: observation of ophiophagy by Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus (Gray, 1832) on Fordonia leucobalia (Schlegel, 1837). Herpetology Notes 14: 1281–1285.
      Lang, & Ruud de. (2011). The Snakes of the Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara), Indonesia. Asian Herpetological Research 2 (1): 46-54.
      Ganesh, S., Nandhini, T., Samuel, V., Sreeraj, C., Abhilash, K., Purvaja, R., & Ramesh, R. (2019). Marine snakes of Indian coasts: historical resume, systematic checklist, toxinology, status, and identification key. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 11(1), 13132-13150.
      GRAY, JOHN EDWARD. 1849. Catalogue of the Specimens of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. Trustees of the British Museum, London, UK. xv + 125 pp.
      Whitaker, & Romulus and Ashok Captain. (2004). Snakes of India. Draco Books, 500 Pp., Reprinted 2007.

      Citation

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