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Cantor's Water Snake Cantoria violacea
 

 

Above photographs by K.W. Chan

 

 

 

 

Interesting Facts: A mud snake that feeds on prawns and mud lobsters. A research conducted in 1992 found a complete female giant mangrove snapping prawn inside the stomach of a Cantor's Water Snake.

Size: up to 120cm

Diet: Mud lobsters and shrimps

Activity: Nocturnal

Habitat: Mangroves, mud flats

References: The prey and predators of Homalopsine snake - Harold K. Voris and John C. Murphy