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Acrochordidae
Sign in to saveAlso known as wart snakes, Java wart snakes, file snakes, elephant trunk snakes, dogface snakes
The Acrochordidae, commonly known as wart snakes, Java wart snakes, file snakes, elephant trunk snakes, or dogface snakes are a monogeneric family of snakes. The sole genus Acrochordus are basal aquatic snakes found in Australia and tropical Asia, with three species recognized.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Acrochordoidea
- Image
- Wart snake 1.jpg
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- different from
- Acrochordoidea
- taxon name
- Acrochordidae
- Commons category
- Acrochordidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Acrochordidae
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- taxon rank
- family
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- Description
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- Relation to humans
- Species
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The Acrochordidae, commonly known as wart snakes, Java wart snakes, file snakes, elephant trunk snakes, or dogface snakes are a monogeneric family of snakes. The sole genus Acrochordus are basal aquatic snakes found in Australia and tropical Asia, with three species recognized.
==Description== left|thumb|Head of Acrochordus arafurae All are entirely aquatic, lacking the broad belly-scales found in most other snakes and possessing dorsally located eyes. Their most notable feature is their skin and scales. The skin is loose and baggy, giving the impression of being several sizes too large for the snake, and the scales, rather than overlapping, possess tiny pyramidal projections that led to their common names. Adults grow to between in length.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acrochordidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.