Checkered keelback

Checkered keelback
in Assam
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Fowlea
Species:
F. piscator
Binomial name
Fowlea piscator
(Schneider, 1799)
Synonyms
List
  • Hydrus piscator
    Schneider, 1799
  • Natrix piscator
    — Merrem, 1820
  • Tropidonotus quincunciatus
    Schlegel, 1837
  • Tropidonotus piscator
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Nerodia piscator
    — Wall, 1921
  • Xenochrophis piscator
    — Cox et al., 1998

The checkered keelback (Fowlea piscator), also known commonly as the Asiatic water snake, is a common species in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia. It is non-venomous.

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