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Cute juvenile Puff-Faced Water Snake (a.k.a. Banded Water Snake) around 25cm to be sold at RM70 (COD Penang) ! Easily identifiable by the pattern on its head (Baker, 2013), Puff-Faced Water Snake is a tame and non-venomous (Toxinology, n.d.; Weinstein et al, 2011) snake that rarely bites people. In the wild, this species inhibits freshwater ponds and stream, but you can keep them in fish tank with shallow water. It feeds on live crustaceans, frogs and fishes. Contact us if interested, first come first served!
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Interesting fact:
All 14 species of freshwater snakes in Malaysia are harmless to human but the opposite is true for all 22 species of saltwater/sea snakes (Lim, 1990). Nonetheless, disinfection is advisable as for any animal bite.
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Cute juvenile Puff-Faced Water Snake (a.k.a. Banded Water Snake) around 25cm to be sold at RM70 (COD Penang) ! Easily identifiable by the pattern on its head (Baker, 2013), Puff-Faced Water Snake is a tame and non-venomous (Toxinology, n.d.; Weinstein et al, 2011) snake that rarely bites people. In the wild, this species inhibits freshwater ponds and stream, but you can keep them in fish tank with shallow water. It feeds on live crustaceans, frogs and fishes. Contact us if interested, first come first served!
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Interesting fact:
All 14 species of freshwater snakes in Malaysia are harmless to human but the opposite is true for all 22 species of saltwater/sea snakes (Lim, 1990). Nonetheless, disinfection is advisable as for any animal bite.
Sources:
1. Baker, Nick. (2013). "Puff-faced Water Snake". Ecology Asia. Retrieved from www.ecologyasia.com/verts/snakes/puff-faced_water-snake.htm as at 7th August 2013.
2. Toxinology. (n.d.). Homalopsis buccata. Retrieved from www.toxinology.com/fusebox.cfm?fuseaction=main.snakes.display&id=SN1536 as at 7th August 2013.
3. Weinstein, Scott A.; Warrell, David A.; White, Julian; and Keyler, Daniel E. (2011). "Venomous" Bites from Non-Venomous Snakes: A Critical Analysis of Risk and Management of "Colubrid" Snake. Elsevier Insights.
4. Lim, B.L. (1990). "Venomous land snakes of Malaysia". Snakes of medical importance (Asia-Pacific region). Venom Toxin Res Group 1990, pp. 387-417.
4. Lim, B.L. (1990). "Venomous land snakes of Malaysia". Snakes of medical importance (Asia-Pacific region). Venom Toxin Res Group 1990, pp. 387-417.
