Taxonomy
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Taxonomic notes
Assessment Information
- IUCN Red List Category and Criteria
- Least Concern ver 3.1
- Assessment language
- English
- Year published
- 2010
- Date assessed
- 2009-02-15 00:00:00 UTC
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Geographic Range
Native
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This is a lowland, highly aquatic snake that typically occurs between sea level and 200 m but reaches 900-1,100 m in Viet Nam.
Population
This species is considered common, it is thought to be utilizing the rice paddy ecosystem and may therefore have spread and increased in abundance from its original distribution (Murphy 2007).
Habitat and Ecology
Terrestrial|Freshwater (=Inland waters)
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This species occurs in fish ponds, sluggish streams, canals, and rice paddies. It feeds primarily on fish, but also amphibians (Murphy 2007).
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Threats
This species is sometimes used for food and collected for skins.
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This species is occasionally used as food by people (Murphy 2007). In 1991-2001, 300 live snakes and 85,000 skins were exported to China (Zhou and Jiang 2004).
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Use trade
This species is sometimes used for food and collected for skins.
Text summary
There are no conservation measures in place for this species.