''Hypsiscopus'' is a

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of snakes of the

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Homalopsidae The Homalopsidae are a family of snakes which contains about 30 genus, genera and more than 50 species. They are commonly known as Indo-Australian water snakes, mudsnakes, or bockadams. They are also known as (lit. "water snake") in Indonesian. ...

.. The name comes from the Greek words ''Hypsi'', meaning high or lofty, and ''scopus'', meaning view, and refers to the location of the eyes, which are set high on the heads of these snakes.

Species

There are three recognized species: * '' Hypsiscopus matannensis'' (Boulenger, 1897) * '' Hypsiscopus plumbea'' (Boie, 1827) * '' Hypsiscopus murphyi'' (Bernstein ''et al.'', 2022)

References

Snake genera Colubridae Snakes of Asia Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger {{colubrid-stub