A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Homalopsidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Buru Short-tailed SnakeBrachyorrhos gastrotaenius (Bleeker, 1860) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyorrhos pygmaeus Murphy & Voris, 2020 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ternate Short-tailed SnakeBrachyorrhos raffrayi (Sauvage, 1879) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yapen Island Stout-tailed SnakeCalamophis jobiensis Meyer, 1874 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kebar Stout-tailed SnakeCalamophis ruuddelangi Murphy, 2012 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Australian BockadamCerberus australis (Gray, 1842) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cerberus dunsoni Murphy, Voris & Karns, 2012 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dog-faced Water SnakeCerberus microlepis Boulenger, 1896 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southeast Asian BockadamCerberus schneiderii (Schlegel, 1837) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dussumier's Water SnakeDieurostus dussumieri (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Banded watersnakeDjokoiskandarus annulata (de Jong, 1926) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chanard’s Mud SnakeEnhydris chanardi Murphy & Voris, 2005 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rainbow Mud SnakeEnhydris enhydris (Schneider, 1799) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tay Ninh Water SnakeEnhydris innominata (Morice, 1875) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bangkok Mud SnakeEnhydris jagorii (Peters, 1863) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Long-tailed Mud SnakeEnhydris longicauda (Bourret, 1934) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mekong Mud SnakeEnhydris subtaeniata (Bourret, 1934) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tentacle SnakeErpeton tentaculatum Lacépède, 1800 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Siebold's Water SnakeFerania sieboldii (Schlegel, 1837) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoan’s Crab-eating SnakeFordonia hoani Chau, Nguyen, Dang, Nguyen, Lam, Tran, Cao, Phan, Orlov & Nguyen, 2026 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cat-eyed Water SnakeGerarda prevostiana (Eydoux & Gervais, 1837) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blanford's Spotted Water SnakeGyiophis maculosus (Blanford, 1881) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Voris’ Mud SnakeGyiophis vorisi (Murphy, 2007) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mamberano Mud SnakeHeurnia ventromaculata Jong, 1926 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blotched-Lipped Mud SnakeHomalophis doriae Peters, 1871 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kapuas Mud SnakeHomalophis gyii (Murphy, Voris & Auliya, 2005) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Linne’s Water SnakeHomalopsis buccata (Linnaeus, 1758) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jack’s Water SnakeHomalopsis mereljcoxi Murphy, Voris, Murthy, Traub & Cumberbatch, 2012 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deuve’s Water SnakeHomalopsis nigroventralis Deuve, 1970 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Martaban Water SnakeHomalopsis semizonata Blyth, 1855 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boulenger's Water SnakeHypsiscopus matannensis (Boulenger, 1897) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boie’s Mud SnakeHypsiscopus plumbeus (Boie, 1827) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wettstein’s Mud SnakeHypsiscopus wettsteini (Amaral, 1929) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sumatran Short-tailed SnakeKarnsophis siantaris Murphy & Voris, 2013 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pahang Mud SnakeKualatahan pahangensis (Tweedie, 1946) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sind River Mud SnakeMintonophis pakistanicus (Mertens, 1959) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myanophis thanlyinensis Köhler, Khaing & Than, 2021 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aru Mangrove SnakeMyron karnsi Murphy, 2011 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Broome Mangrove SnakeMyron resetari Murphy, 2011 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Richardson’s mangrove snakeMyron richardsonii Gray, 1849 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bennett's Mud SnakeMyrrophis bennettii (Gray, 1842) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chinese Mud SnakeMyrrophis chinensis (Gray, 1842) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dak Krong mud snakeMyrrophis dakkrongensis Nguyen, Le, Lathrop, Vo, Murphy & Che, 2024 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blackwater Mud SnakePhytolopsis punctata Gray, 1849 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macleays Mud SnakePseudoferania polylepis (Fischer, 1886) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indian Water SnakeRaclitia indica Gray, 1842 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bocourt's Water SnakeSubsessor bocourti (Jan, 1865) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sumatran Mud SnakeSumatranus albomaculata (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.