Baram Water Snake

Keelbacks & Mock Vipers

Pseudoxenodon baramensis

Basic stats

Venom

Non-venomous

Diet

Frogs (presumed)

Habitat

Forest streams

Range

Borneo (Baram river system, Sarawak)

Clutch size

Unknown (data deficient)

Incubation period

Unrecorded in the wild

Size

Small-medium (up to 50cm)

Weight

~30–60g

A little-known keelback relative named after Sarawak's Baram river, where it was first described, and rarely recorded since.

Presumed to feed on frogs near forest streams; like other Pseudoxenodon it can flatten its neck defensively when disturbed, but is harmless to people.

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