Different snakes are called water snakes. "Water snake" is also sometimes used as a descriptive term for any snakes that spend a significant time in or near fresh water, such as any species belonging to the family

Acrochordidae The Acrochordidae, commonly known as wart snakes, Java wart snakes, file snakes, elephant trunk snakes, or dogface snakes are a monogeneric family created for the genus ''Acrochordus''. This is a group of basal aquatic snakes found in Australia a ...

. They should not be confused with

sea snakes Sea snakes, or coral reef snakes, are elapid snakes that inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives. They belong to two subfamilies, Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae. Hydrophiinae also includes Australasian terrestrial snakes, where ...

, which live primarily or entirely in marine environments. Examples of snakes called water snakes include: *Family

Boidae The Boidae, commonly known as boas or boids, are a family of nonvenomous snakes primarily found in the Americas, as well as Africa, Europe, Asia, and some Pacific Islands. Boas include some of the world's largest snakes, with the green anaconda ...

Green anaconda The green anaconda (''Eunectes murinus''), also known as the giant Emerald anaconda, common anaconda, common water boa or sucuri, is a boa species found in South America. It is the heaviest and one of the longest known extant snake species. Lik ...

- Water boa *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 ...

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Hydrodynastes ''Hydrodynastes'' is a small genus of large colubrid snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae. The genus is endemic to South America. Freiberg M (1982). ''Snakes of South America'' Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (''Hydrodynastes'', pp. 78-7 ...

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Hydrodynastes gigas ''Hydrodynastes gigas'' is a New World species of large, rear-fanged, Dipsadidae snake endemic to South America. It is commonly and alternatively known as the false water cobra and the Brazilian smooth snake.Warrell DA (2004). "Snakebites in C ...

'' – false water snake or Brazilian smooth snake ** ''

Natrix natrix The grass snake (''Natrix natrix''), sometimes called the ringed snake or water snake, is a Eurasian non-venomous colubrid snake. It is often found near water and feeds almost exclusively on amphibians. Subspecies Many subspecies are recognized ...

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Natrix tessellata ''Natrix'' is a genus of Old World snakes found across Eurasia (although the range of '' Natrix tessellata'' extends into Egypt and those of '' N. astreptophora'' and '' N. maura'' into north-west Africa) in the subfamily Natricinae of the fa ...

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Nerodia ''Nerodia'' is a genus of nonvenomous colubrid snakes commonly referred to as water snakes due to their aquatic behavior. The genus includes nine species, all native to North America. Description ''Nerodia'' species vary greatly, but all are ...

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Opisthotropis ''Opisthotropis'' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia and South China. Species The genus ''Opisthotropis'' contains the following 25 species which are recognized as being valid, listed alphabetic ...

'' species ** '' Sinonatrix'' species, including: *** '' Sinonatrix percarinatus'' – eastern water snake ** ''

Fowlea ''Fowlea'' is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Asia. Species The following species are recognized as being valid.. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Fowlea aspe ...

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Fowlea piscator The checkered keelback (''Fowlea piscator''), also known commonly as the Asiatic water snake, is a common species in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia. It is non-venomous. Description The eye of ...

'' – Asiatic water snake or chequered keelback *Family

Dipsadidae Dipsadinae is a large subfamily of colubroid snakes, sometimes referred to as a family (Dipsadidae). They are found in most of the Americas, including the West Indies, and are most diverse in South America. There are more than 700 species. Dips ...

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Helicops angulatus The brown-banded water snake (''Helicops angulatus'') is a species of aquatic snake found in tropical South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It is also known as the water mapepire. Description The brown-banded water snake grows to a maximum tot ...

'' – brown-banded water snake ** '' Liophis'' species, including: *** '' Liophis cobellus'' *** ''

Liophis reginae The royal ground snake (''Erythrolamprus reginae'') is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to northern South America. Geographic range It is found in Venezuela, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago. Diet It feeds on f ...

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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 ...

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Cerberus rynchops ''Cerberus rynchops'', also known as the New Guinea bockadam, South Asian bockadam, bockadam snake, or dog-faced water snake, is a mildly venomous species of a snake in the family Homalopsidae. It is native to coastal waters of South and South ...

'' - dog-faced water snake ** ''

Enhydris enhydris The rainbow water snake (''Enhydris enhydris'') is a species of mildly venomous, rear-fanged, colubrid snake, endemic to Asia. Geographic range ''E. enhydris'' is found in southeastern China, Indonesia (Bangka, Belitung, Java, Kalimantan, Sulaw ...

'' - rainbow water snake ** '' Enhydris plumbea'' - rice paddy water snake or rice paddy snake ** ''

Homalopsis buccata ''Homalopsis buccata'' (puff-faced water snake or masked water snake) is a species of mildly venomous snake in the Homalopsidae family found in tropical areas of Southeast Asia. Description Upper labials 1–4 contact single loreal; two pre ...

'' - puff-faced water snake *Family

Viperidae The Viperidae (vipers) are a family of snakes found in most parts of the world, except for Antarctica, Australia, Hawaii, Madagascar, and various other isolated islands. They are venomous and have long (relative to non-vipers), hinged fangs tha ...

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Agkistrodon piscivorus ''Agkistrodon piscivorus'' is a species of pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. It is one of the world's few semiaquatic vipers (along with the Florida cottonmouth), and is native to the southeastern United States. A ...

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