Puff Faced Water Snake

Southeast Asia Snakes

Snakes ~ Water Snakes ~ Puff Faced Water Snake

The puff-faced water snake is a common inhabitant of agricultural areas, especially paddy fields, canals, streams and rivers in lowland areas. They are live-bearers and feed on fish and frogs in the wild. The juvenile puff-faced water snake is brightly-coloured with orange bands across the blackish body.

Eventually the bands fade to a greyish green while the body becomes more reddish brown in adulthood. A dark streak runs from the loreal scale, through the large reddish eye, and down to the cheek. This species is common in Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo and Indonesia.