FALSE WATER COBRA Hydrodynastes gigas ©Laura Quick
Brazilian Smooth Snake as it has unkeeled scales. Large, rear-fanged, colubrid, the males grow up to 6 feet, females can grow up to 9-10 feet. The false water cobra is so named because when the snake is threatened it "hoods" as a true cobra does. However, unlike a true cobra, it does not rear up, but remains in a horizontal position. Non venomous. It is a terrestrial or semi-aquatic snake found in wet, tropical and humid habitats, often near streams or in the floodplains of rivers. The false water cobra has large eyes with circular pupils, allowing good daytime vision. The tongue is black, and forked. source
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