Species of Thailand
Rice paddy snake
Hypsiscopus plumbea, Heinrich Boie, 1827
(In Thai: งูปลิง, ngu pling)
The rice paddy snake (Hypsiscopus plumbea) is a species of mildly venomous, rear-fanged, colubrid snake endemic to South Asia.
Geographic range
H. plumbea is found in India, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, southeastern China, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Habitat
The rice paddy snake is a common and abundant species associated with all sorts of wet habitats.
Taxonomy
DNA evidence suggests that this taxon might be a species complex.
Description
The rice paddy snake is a relatively small snake, reaching a total length (including tail) of up to 72 cm.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Subphylum
- Vertebrata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Hypsiscopus
- Species
- Hypsiscopus plumbea
Common names
- German: Olivfarbene Wassertrugnatter
- English:
- Boie’s mud snake
- Rice paddy snake
- Plumbeous water snake
- Yellow-bellied water snake
- Thai: งูปลิง, ngu pling
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
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Range Map

- Ao Luek District, Krabi
- Ban Na San District, Surat Thani
- Hat Yai District, Songkhla
- Kanchanadit District, Surat Thani
- Khanom District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khlong Hoi Khong District, Songkhla
- Khuan Khanun District, Phatthalung
- Klaeng District, Rayong
- Ko Samui District, Surat Thani
- Mueang Krabi District, Krabi
- Mueang Narathiwat District, Narathiwat
- Mueang Trang District, Trang
- Nong Chik District, Pattani
- Sirindhorn Peat Swamp Forest
- Su-ngai Kolok District, Narathiwat
- Takua Pa District, Phang Nga
- Tha Chana District, Surat Thani
- Tha Takiap District, Chachoengsao
- Thepha District, Songkhla
- Thung Song District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Thung Yai District, Nakhon Si Thammarat