Species of Thailand
Rainbow mud snake
Enhydris enhydris
Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider, 1799
In Thai: งูสายรุ้ง, ngu sai rung
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, Sulawesi, Sumatra, We), Bangladesh, Cambodia, central and eastern India, Laos, Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia, Borneo, Pulau Tioman), Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore (?), Sri Lanka, Pulau Bangka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Type locality: "Indiae orientalis"
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Subphylum
- Vertebrata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Enhydris
- Species
- Enhydris enhydris
Common names
- German: Gestreifte Wassertrugnatter
- English:
- Rainbow mud snake
- Rainbow water snake
- Striped water snake
- Smooth water snake
- Thai: งูสายรุ้ง, ngu sai rung
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
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Range Map
- Amphawa District, Samut Songkhram
- Ban Khai District, Rayong
- Ban Laem District, Phetchaburi
- Ban Mi District, Lopburi
- Ban Na San District, Surat Thani
- Ban Pho District, Chachoengsao
- Ban Pong District, Ratchaburi
- Bang Bo District, Samut Prakan
- Bang Lamung District, Chonburi
- Bang Nam Priao District, Chachoengsao
- Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan
- Bang Sao Thong District, Samut Prakan
- Bang Yai District, Nonthaburi
- Bangkok Province
- Banphot Phisai District, Nakhon Sawan
- Borabue District, Maha Sarakham
- Bueng Boraped Non-Hunting Area
- Chom Bueng District, Ratchaburi
- Chom Phra District, Surin
- Chum Phuang District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Damnoen Saduak District, Ratchaburi
- Don Chedi District, Suphan Buri
- Hankha District, Chainat
- Kamphaeng Saen District, Nakhon Pathom
- Khao Khiao - Khao Chomphu Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khao Yai Da
- Khao Yoi District, Phetchaburi
- Khlong Khuean District, Chachoengsao
- Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani
- Khon Sawan District, Chaiyaphum
- Khuan Khanun District, Phatthalung
- Khukhan District, Sisaket
- Klaeng District, Rayong
- Ko Chang District, Trat
- Kosum Phisai District, Maha Sarakham
- Kut Khaopun District, Ubon Ratchathani
- Lam Luk Ka District, Pathum Thani
- Lan Sak District, Uthai Thani
- Lat Krabang District, Bangkok
- Lom Sak District, Phetchabun
- Mae Poen District, Nakhon Sawan
- Maha Chana Chai District, Yasothon
- Mancha Khiri District, Khon Kaen
- Mueang Buriram District, Buriram
- Mueang Chaiyaphum District, Chaiyaphum
- Mueang Chanthaburi District, Chanthaburi
- Mueang Chonburi District, Chonburi
- Mueang Kamphaeng Phet District, Kamphaeng Phet
- Mueang Khon Kaen District, Khon Kaen
- Mueang Nakhon Nayok District, Nakhon Nayok
- Mueang Nakhon Pathom District, Nakhon Pathom
- Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Mueang Nakhon Sawan District, Nakhon Sawan
- Mueang Pattani District, Pattani
- Mueang Phatthalung District, Phatthalung
- Mueang Phetchaburi District, Phetchaburi
- Mueang Phichit District, Phichit
- Mueang Phitsanulok District, Phitsanulok
- Mueang Ratchaburi District, Ratchaburi
- Mueang Rayong District, Rayong
- Mueang Samut Prakan District, Samut Prakan
- Mueang Satun District, Satun
- Mueang Sing Buri District, Sing Buri
- Mueang Sukhothai District, Sukhothai
- Mueang Surat Thani District, Surat Thani
- Mueang Surin District, Surin
- Mueang Tak District, Tak
- Na Yong District, Trang
- Nakhon Chai Si District, Nakhon Pathom
- Nakhon Thai District, Phitsanulok
- Nang Rong District, Buriram
- Pak Phanang District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Pak Phli District, Nakhon Nayok
- Pak Thong Chai District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Pang Sida National Park
- Phachi District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
- Phan Thong District, Chonburi
- Phetchaburi Coast
- Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
- Phra Pradaeng District, Samut Prakan
- Phra Samut Chedi District, Samut Prakan
- Phra Thong Kham District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Phrom Khiri District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Phutthamonthon District, Nakhon Pathom
- Prachantakham District, Prachinburi
- Prawet District, Bangkok
- Sakaerat Environmental Research Station
- Si Racha District, Chonburi
- Sirindhorn Peat Swamp Forest
- Song Phi Nong District, Suphan Buri
- Su-ngai Kolok District, Narathiwat
- Su-ngai Padi District, Narathiwat
- Sung Noen District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Suwannaphum District, Roi Et
- Tak Bai District, Narathiwat
- Taling Chan District, Bangkok
- Tarutao National Marine Park
- Tha Chang District, Surat Thani
- Tha Takiap District, Chachoengsao
- Thale Noi Non-Hunting Area
- Thanyaburi District, Pathum Thani
- Thepharak District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Thung Yang Daeng District, Pattani
- Ubolratana District, Khon Kaen
- Wang Chan District, Rayong
- Wang Thong District, Phitsanulok
- Watthana Nakhon District, Sa Kaeo
- Wichian Buri District, Phetchabun
- Yang Talat District, Kalasin
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