Subsessor is a genus of snake in the family Homalopsidae. The genus is monotypic, containing the sole species Subsessor bocourti.[2] The species is commonly known as Bocourt's mud snake or Bocourt's water snake and has traditionally been placed in the genus Enhydris.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Homalopsidae |
| Genus: | Subsessor J.C. Murphy & Voris, 2014 |
| Species: | S. bocourti
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| Binomial name | |
| Subsessor bocourti (Jan, 1865)
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Etymology
editBoth the specific name, bocourti, and the common name, Bocourt's water snake, refer to French zoologist Marie Firmin Bocourt.[2][3]
Geographic range and habitat
editS. bocourti is found in a wide range of stagnant fresh water habitats in Mainland Southeast Asia.[1][2] Records from China are questionable.[2]
Description
editA robust snake, S. bocourti can surpass 1 m (3.3 ft) in length.[2]
Reproduction
editS. bocourti is a live bearing species,[2] giving birth to, on average, 3–8 fully formed neonate snakes.[citation needed]
Diet
editS. bocourti feeds on frogs, fishes, and crustaceans.[2]
Commercial use
editBocourt's water snake is widely caught for its skin and sometimes also eaten.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Murphy, J. (2010). "Subsessor bocourti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176692A7284792. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176692A7284792.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Subsessor bocourti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 December 2016.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Enhydris bocourti, p. 28).
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. ("Hypsirhina bocourtii [sic]", pp. 10–11).
- Chan-ard, [Mr.] Tanya; Parr, John W. K.; Nabhitabhata, Jarujin (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. (Enhydris bocourti, p. 239).
- Jan G (1865). "Enumerazione sistematica degli ofidi appartenenti al gruppo Potamophilidae ". Archivio per la Zoologia, l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia 3 (2): 201–265. (Hypsirhina bocourti, new species, pp. 258–260). (in Italian).
- Murphy, John C.; Voris, Harold K. (2014). "A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera". Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences (8): 1-43. (Subsessor, new genus, p. 33; S. bocourti, new combination, p. 34, Figure 50).
- Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Enhydris bocourti, new combination, pp. 388–389).