Rhabdops aquaticus

Rhabdops aquaticus is a nonvenomous aquatic snake species found in northern Western Ghats, India.[1] It has an off-white belly and black spots on its olive brown skin; juveniles are olive green, with yellow undersides.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Aquatic Rhabdops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Rhabdops
Species:
R. aquaticus
Binomial name
Rhabdops aquaticus
(Giri, Deepak, Captain & Gower, 2017)

References
  1. "Western Ghats throw up a new snake". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  2. "Aquatic snake favouring elevated laterite plateaus in north Western Ghats found". Times of India. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. "A new species of aquatic snake discovered in the northern Western Ghats". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  4. "Aquatic Rhabdops: New species of non-venomous aquatic snake discovered in Western Ghats". Current Affairs. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  5. "[Herpetology • 2017] Rhabdops aquaticus • A New Species of Rhabdops Boulenger, 1893 (Serpentes: Natricinae) from the northern Western Ghats Region of India". Novataxa. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  6. "Aquatic Rhabdops ( Rhabdops aquaticus Giri, Deepak, Captain & Gower, 2017 )". Indiansnakes.org. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  7. Virata, John. "Beautiful New Species Of Rhabdops Snake Discovered In India". Reptiles Magazine. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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