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Tentacled Snake (Erpeton tentaculatum), family Homalopsidae, found in SE Asia
Aquatic and piscivorous
Rear-fanged, mildly venomous
The tentacles have a mechanosensory function, able to detect small movements in the water.
Photographs by Reptiles4all
Uncharismatic Fact of the Day
Some snakes might look like a tentacle, but some snakes actually have tentacles! The tentacled snake is adorned with two short 'tentacles' on its snout; in actuality they are more akin to a catfish's whiskers, as they help the snake detect prey in the murky waters where it hunts.
(Image: A tentacled snake (Erpeton tentaculatum) by Nick Michalski
Blackwater Mud Snake (Phytolopsis punctata), family Homalopsidae, Singapore
photograph by Dennis Chan
Tentacled Snakes (Erpeton tentaculatum), family Homalopsidae, Bangkok, Thailand
Aquatic and piscivorous
Rear-fanged, mildly venomous
The tentacled have a mechanosensory function, able to detect small movements in the water.
Photograph by Tommy Hui
Tentacled Snake (Erpeton tentaculatum), family Homalopsidae, found in SE Asia
Aquatic and piscivorous
Rear-fanged, mildly venomous
The tentacles have a mechanosensory function, able to detect small movements in the water.
Photographs by Dick Bartlett
Tentacled Snake (Erpeton tentaculatum), family Homalopsidae, Thailand
Aquatic and piscivorous.
Rear-fanged, mildly venomous.
photograph by Tan Robbin
Puff-faced or Masked Mud Snake (Homalopsis buccatus), T - juvenile, B - adult, family Homalopsidae, Singapore
photograph by Hamad Azam
Rice Paddy Snake (Hypsiscopus plumbea), family Homalopsidae, found in SE Asia
photographs: Wibowo Djatmiko, Rushenb, Rushenb
