Liophis cobellus
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| Mangrove Snake | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Xenodontinae |
| Genus: | Liophis |
| Species: | L. cobella |
| Binomial name | |
| Liophis cobella (Linnaeus, 1758)[1][2] |
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The mangrove snake (Liophis cobella) is a small semi-aquatic snake which is found in the Guianas, eastern Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago. It lives in lowland rainforest river floodplains and coastal mangrove swamps where it feeds on frogs, geckos and fish.
[edit] References
- Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX.. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.
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