About Enhydris enhydris (Schneider, 1799)
The rainbow water snake, scientifically named Enhydris enhydris (Schneider, 1799), is a mildly venomous, rear-fanged colubrid snake that is endemic to Asia. Its known geographic range covers southeastern China, Indonesia (including Bangka, Belitung, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Sumatra, and We), Bangladesh, Cambodia, central and eastern India, Laos, Malaysia (including Malaya, East Malaysia, Borneo, and Pulau Tioman), Myanmar (also called Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore (with an uncertain presence record), Sri Lanka, Pulau Bangka, Thailand, and Vietnam. The type locality for this species is recorded as "Indiae orientalis".
