Warty snakes

	Warty snakes
	; Javanese warty snake
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Animals
Kingdom :	Eumetazoi
No rank :	Bilateral symmetrical
No rank :	Secondary
Type of:	Chordate
Subtype :	Vertebrates
Infratype :	Maxillary
Overclass :	Tetrapods
Grade:	Reptiles
Subclass :	Diapsids
Infraclass :	Lepidosauromorphs
Squadron :	Lepidosaurs
Squad:	Scaly
Suborder :	Snakes
Infrastructure :	Alethinophidia
Superfamily :	Acrochordoidea
Family:	Warty Snakes ( Acrochordidae Bonaparte , 1831 )
Gender:	Acrochordus
International scientific name
	Acrochordus Hornstedt, 1787

Warty snakes ( lat.Acrochordus ) - a genus of aquatic non-toxic snakes of the monotypic family Acrochordidae.

Distributed in South and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, India.

Description

The whole body of warty snakes is covered with small granular scales that do not cover each other, bare skin is visible between them. The head is not separated or slightly separated from the neck. The teeth are short but strong, of the same size, standing in the jaws and on the palate. Eyes with a round and vertically ovoid pupil, sharply directed upwards, the nasal cavity lies on the tip of the muzzle.

Nutrition

Warty snakes feed on fish.

Views

The genus includes 3 species ^[1] :

Acrochordus arafurae - Arafura warty snake
Acrochordus granulatus - Indian warty snake
Acrochordus javanicus - Javanese warty snake

Notes

↑ Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- S. 271. - 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .

Links

The Reptile Database: genus Acrochordus
Family Warty Snakes (Acrochordidae)

[1] Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- S. 271. - 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .