The fanged water snake (''Ptychophis flavovirgatus'') is a genus of snake in the family
Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...
.
[
It is endemic to ]Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.[
]
References
Dipsadinae
Reptiles described in 1915
Snakes of Brazil
Endemic reptiles of Brazil
{{Dipsadinae-stub