Plumbeous water snake
The rice paddy snake or plumbeous water snake (Hypsiscopus plumbea ) is a species of mildly venomous, rear-fanged snake endemic to South Asia.
The rice paddy snake is a relatively small snake, reaching a total length (including tail) of up to 72 cm (28 in).This snake feeds readily on small fish, frogs, and occasionally small lizards. It has countershading coloration, which is dark brown to grey in the upper part of its body, and light colored white to yellowish color at the bottom of its body. This snake lives mostly nocturnal, and gives birth to live young (ovoviviparous).
H. plumbea is found in Andaman Islands (India), Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, southern China, and Taiwan.
The rice paddy snake is a common and abundant species associated with all sorts of wet habitats.
