Hydrops triangularis

Hydrops triangularis, commonly known as the water coral, is a species of snake endemic to South America.[2]

Hydrops triangularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Hydrops
Species:	H. triangularis
Binomial name
Hydrops triangularis (Wagler, 1824)
Synonyms[1]
Elaps triangularis Wagler, 1824 Hydrops triangularis — Wagler, 1830

Geographic range

H. triangularis is found in western Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago.[2]

Description

H. triangularis reaches a maximum size of about 78 cm (31 in).[2]

Diet

H. triangularis feeds on eels and fish.[2]

References

1. "Hydrops triangularis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Hydrops triangularis, p. 187).
• Freiberg M. 1982. Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Hydrops triangularis, p. 100).
• Wagler J. 1824. In Spix J. 1824. Serpentum Brasiliensum species novae ou histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de serpens, recueillies et observées pendant le voyage dans l'intérieur du Brésil dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, exécuté par ordre de sa Majesté le Roi de Baviére. Munich: Hübschmann. viii + 75 pp. + Plates I-II, IIa, IIb, III-XXVI. (Elaps triangularis, new species, pp. 5–6 + Plate IIa, [figure 2]). (in Latin).

External links

• "Hydrops triangularis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
• "Hydrops triangularis " at the Reptile Database.