Fordonia leucobalia (Schlegel, 1837)

Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M., 2018, Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Oxford, England) 64 (14), pp. 399-568 : 416

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scientific name	Fordonia leucobalia (Schlegel, 1837)
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Fordonia leucobalia (Schlegel, 1837) View in CoL

White-bellied [crab-eating] Water Snake

Homalopsis leucobalia Schlegel, 1837b:345 View in CoL , pl. 13, figs. 8–9.— Taylor, 1922a:115.

Fordonia leucobalia, Gray, 1842:75 View in CoL .— Murphy and Voris, 2014:20.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:293.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Timor , Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 1161 About RMNH (designated by Iskandar and Colijn [2001:92]).

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION.— Mindanao (fide Wallach et al. [2014:293]).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— India (Bengal), Myanmar, Vietnam, Nicobar Ids., Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Timor) to northern Australia.

REMARKS.— Wallach et al. (2014:293) include Luzon in their distribution statement but we know of no confirmed record for its occurrence there.

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1.