Serial no: 3849
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Last update: 2024-10-26

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Gerard's Water Snake

Gerarda prevostiana (Eydoux & Gervais, 1837)


Animals
Herpetofauna
Reptiles

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Local name:
English: cat-eyed water snake, Gerard's water snake and the glossy marsh snake. Thai: งูปลาตาเล็ก, งูปลาตาแมว ແລະ งูปากกว้างตาเล็ก.

Synonyms :
Gerarda prevostiana, John C. Murphy & Harold Knight Voris
Gerardia prevostiana, R.C. Sharma
Gerarda prevostiana, Merel J. Cox et al.
Gerarda prevostiana, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann
Gerardia prevostianus, Indraneil Das
Gerardia prevostiana, Malcolm Arthur Smith
Gerardia prevostiana, Frank Wall
Gerardia prevostiana, Frank Wall
Gerardia sic prevostiana, George Albert Boulenger
Helipophis flavescens, Fritz Müller
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Family:
Homalopsidae

Close relatives:

Description:

Ecology
Global distribution:
N/A

Distribution in Laos :

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Endemism in Laos:
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Invasiveness :
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IUCN status :
Least concern

Lao official status :
N/A

Use
Use types:
Food

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Domestication:
N/A

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Management:
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Value chains:
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Nutrition
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Comments on nutritional values:
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Nutrient /100g Remark
Proteins N/A N/A
Carbohydrates N/A N/A
Fats N/A N/A
Vitamins N/A N/A
Minerals N/A N/A
Fibers N/A N/A

References
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References:
Das, I., Breuer, H., Shonleben, S., (2013). Gerarda prevostiana (Eydoux and Gervais, 1837) (Squamata: Serpentes: Homalopsidae), a New Snake for Borneo. Asian Herpetological Research, 4(1): 76–78
Bag, P., Raha, S., Deuti, K., (2018). Notes on specimens of the Glossy Mangrove Snake (Gerarda prevostiana) in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata along with past records from India. Zoological Survey of India, 118(1): 53-55
Somaweera, R., Ukuwela, K., Alagoda, T., (2006). A note on specimens of gerarda prevostiana (colubridae: serpentes) collected from sri lanka. Cey. J. Sci. (Bio. Sci.) 35(1): 91-93.
Ukuwela, K.D.B., Silva, A.D., Sanders, K.L., (2017). Further specimens of the mud snake, Gerarda prevostiana (Homalopsidae) from Sri Lanka with insights from molecular phylogenetics. Raffles bulletin of zoology, 65: 29–34.

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