Sumatranus
''Sumatranus'' is a genus of snakes belonging to the family Homalopsidae. The species of this genus are found in Southeastern Asia. Species Species: * ''Sumatranus albomaculata'' (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) References

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Homalopsidae
The Homalopsidae are a family of snakes which contains about 28 genus, genera and more than 50 species. They are commonly known as Indo-Australian water snakes, mudsnakes, or bockadams. They are also known as ''ular air'' (lit. "water snake") in Indonesian. They are typically stout-bodied water snakes, and all are mildly venomous. Two monotypic genera are notable for their unusual morphology: ''Erpeton'' possesses a pair of short, fleshy appendages protruding from the front of the snout, and ''Bitia'' has uniquely enlarged snake skull, palatine teeth. ''Cerberus (snake), Cerberus'' species have been noted to use sidewinding to cross slick Mudflat, mud flats during low tide. ''Fordonia'' and ''Gerarda (snake), Gerarda'' are the only snakes known to tear their prey apart before eating it, pulling soft-shelled crabs through their coils to rip them apart prior to ingestion. Genera * ''Bitia'' Gray, 1842 * ''Brachyorrhos'' Kuhl, 1826 * ''Calamophis'' Meyer, 1874 * ''Cantoria (snake ...
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