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The Acrochordidae, commonly known as wart snakes, [2] Java wart snakes, [3] file snakes, elephant trunk snakes, or dogface snakes are a monogeneric family [2] created for the genus Acrochordus. This is a group of basal aquatic snakes found in Australia and tropical Asia.
Acrochordus granulatus is the smallest of the three members of the family Acrochordidae, and is commonly called the "little file snake". Acrochordus granulatus is also the only Acrochord that permanently inhabits estuaries as well as coastal seas, dawning its other common name the "marine file snake". [ 6 ]
Acrochordus arafurae, known by the common names Arafura file snake, elephant trunk snake, and wrinkle file snake, is an aquatic snake species found in northern Australia and New Guinea. No subspecies are currently recognized. [3] This snake was first described by Samuel Booker McDowell in 1979 [4] [5]
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Chrysopelea, commonly known as the flying snake or gliding snake, is a genus of snakes that belongs to the family Colubridae. They are found in Southeast Asia, and are known for their ability to glide between trees. Flying snakes are mildly venomous, though the venom is dangerous only to their small
Mehelya is a genus name of snakes native to Africa. Some species formerly assigned to the genus Mehelya are now found in the genera Gonionotophis, Gracililima, or Limaformosa. They are collectively called file snakes due to their unusual scalation. They are not venomous.
Lycodon capucinus, also known as the common wolf snake [1], is a species of colubrid snake commonly found in the Indo-Australian Archipelago.The species is named after the enlarged front teeth which give them a muzzled appearance similar to canines and makes the snout somewhat more squarish than other snakes.
Adults of L. ahaetulla may attain a total length of 172 cm (68 in), which includes a tail 59 cm (23 in) long. [3]Dorsally, L. ahaetulla is bright green, golden, or bronzy.