The wart snake (Acrochordus granulatus) is an ophidian reptile of Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat includes the coastal regions and river estuaries of Thailand, Cambodia, Peninsula of Malaysia, Myanmar, and New Guinea. It belongs to the family Acrochordidae, and the genus Acrochordus. Therefore, it is aquatic, spending most of the time in fresh and sea water.
Physical description
The wart snake average length is 100 cm (1 m). Its body color ranges from blue to grey and it is marked with transverse, creamy white bands. Its body is heavy and stout. The head is covered by small juxtaposed scales (arranged side by side). Both female and male have small eyes with a vertical pupil, like most snakes. On the ventral region, the mid body scales are larger than on the rest of body.
Since it inhabits the coastal waters of river and shallow seas, it feeds mostly on fish and frogs. The female can produce as many as 33 fully developed young, which are enclosed in egg-sacs, from which they hatch out before birth. It can swim underwater for more than one hour without pulmonary respiration.
Below, the wart snake on the ground.
