Report on Checkered Keelback, Fowlea piscator (Schneider, 1799) (Reptilia: Colubridae)

Department of Biology, Cantonment Public College, Saidpur Cantonment—5311, Nilphamari, Bangladesh

*Corresponding author: Ashraful Kabir, Department of Biology, Cantonment Public College, Saidpur Cantonment—5311, Nilphamari, Bangladesh, Phone: +88-01712563750, E-mail: [email protected]

Received Date: October 14, 2025

Published Date: November 06, 2025

Citation: Kabir A. (2025). Report on Checkered Keelback, Fowlea piscator (Schneider, 1799) (Reptilia: Colubridae). Mathews J Vet Sci. 9(7):90.

Copyrights: Kabir A. © (2025).

ABSTRACT

Based on the common resident and availability of the common water-snake of Bangladesh (Fowlea piscator), it is urgent to know about this non-venomous colubrid snake. In aquatic or semi-aquatic habitats, this snake was found all the year-round. Due to its availability, it was possible to know their all sorts of activities with biting record. Its biting is shown as just several dots in a line. It has red and yellow color morph. Its biting is painful but completely non-fatal. Only cleanliness of the affected area by fresh-water is enough. Around human dwelling place, only cleanliness is the method for controlling them. Domestic animals such as geese, duck, fowl, Turkey fowl, cat, and dog can be reared as biological control of this snake. This snake eats large volume of frogs, toads, insects, and rats from our crop fields.

Keywords: Checkered Keelback, Availability, Reproduction, Non-Venomous Snake, Biological Control, Bangladesh.