Dog-faced water snake

(Cerberus rynchops)

Description

The visibility of upper jaw,giving it a dog-like appearance.Head long and distinct from neck.Eyes small and beadly,with rounded pupil.Dorsum dark gray,with faint dark blotches and a dark line along the sides of the head,across the yes.Venter cream with two distinct rows of large,diffuse dark gray spots.Scales are distinctly keeled.Midbody scale rows 21-25.Ventrals 132-160.Subcaudals 49-72.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Homalopsidae
Genus:Cerberus
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