Hydrodynastes gigas: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the hydrodynastes gigas lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Hydrodynastes gigas
Group	Snakes
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	South America
Class	Reptile
Order	Squamata
Family	Colubridae

Where does the hydrodynastes gigas live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the hydrodynastes gigas in 4 countries and territories across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, Almeirim.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the hydrodynastes gigas endangered?

The hydrodynastes gigas’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the hydrodynastes gigas?

The hydrodynastes gigas (Hydrodynastes gigas) is a reptile in the order Squamata and the family Colubridae, genus Hydrodynastes. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the hydrodynastes gigas

Hydrodynastes gigas is a New World species of large dipsadine snake endemic to South America. Aglyphous snake with enlarged posterior maxillary teeth, not grooved, associated with Duvernoy's gland secretions. endemic to South America. Common names include false cobra, false water cobra, South American water cobra, and Brazilian smooth snake. It is also sometimes referred to as boipevaçu, ñacaniná or yacaniná, from the Guarani ñakanina ('alert head'), mboi-peba, surucucu-do-pantanal, and víbora ladradora ('barking snake').

A mildly venomous species, the false water cobra is so named because when it is threatened, it "hoods" as a true cobra (genus Naja) does. Unlike a true cobra, however, it does not rear up, but instead remains horizontal. No valid subspecies are currently recognized.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hydrodynastes gigas (revision 1344145421), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q431664 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).