Different snakes are called water snakes. Most are colubrids. "Water snake" is also sometimes used as a descriptive term for any snakes that spend a significant time in or near fresh water, such as any species belonging to the family Acrochordidae. They should not be confused with sea snakes, which live primarily or entirely in marine environments.
Examples of snakes called water snakes include:
- Enhydris species, including:
- Enhydris chinensis – Chinese Water Snake
- Enhydris dussumieri – Dussumier's Water Snake
- Enhydris enhydris – Rainbow Water Snake
- Enhydris sieboldi – Siebold's Water Snake
- Helicops species, including:
- Helicops angulatus – Brown-banded Water Snake
- Hydrodynastes species, including:
- Hydrodynastes gigas – False Water Snake or Brazilian Smooth Snake
- Liophis species, including:
- Liophis cobellus
- Liophis reginae
- Nerodia species
- Opisthotropis species
- Sinonatrix species, including:
- Sinonatrix percarinata – Eastern Water Snake
- Xenochrophis species, including:
- Xenochrophis piscator – Asiatic Water Snake or Chequered Keelback
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“What did it matter where you lay once you were dead? In a dirty sump or in a marble tower on top of a high hill? You were dead, you were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that. Oil and water were the same as wind and air to you.”
—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)
“Edible. Good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)