4 Semiaquatic Snakes and 1 Imposter

On the planet today there are over 3600 species of snake of which around 600 are venomous. Over the millions of years that they have been on this planet they have been able yo evolve and adapt and today they can be found in almost all types of ecosystem. In this video i will be focusing on the semi aquatic and aquatic snakes as I will be going through 4 semiaquatic snakes and 1 snake eel imposter.

Attributions

Grass snake images:
Darius Bauzys
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Darius_Bauzys
(CC BY 3.0)
Thomas Brown
https://www.flickr.com/photos/63048706@N06/6161247203/
(CC BY 2.0)
Ouwesok
https://www.flickr.com/photos/95975006@N08/
(CC BY-NC 2.0)

Yellow lipped sea krait images:
Jens Petersen
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jnpet
(CC BY-SA 3.0)
Ria Tan
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Elias Levy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/elevy/
(CC BY 2.0)
Elias Levy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/elevy/6997579223/
(CC BY 2.0)

Copperbelly water snake images:
Peter Paplanus
https://www.flickr.com/photos/2ndpeter/16199878784/
(CC BY 2.0)
[ Leah ]
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcheady/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
USFWS Midwest Region
https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmidwest/
Public Domain Mark 1.0

Green Anaconda images:
B a y L e e ' s 8 Legged Art
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thebaylees/
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Josh More
https://www.flickr.com/photos/guppiecat/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
barloventomagico
https://www.flickr.com/photos/barloventomagico/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Bernard DUPONT
https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/
(CC BY-SA 2.0)

Ocellated snake eel images:
Francois Libert
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zsispeo/
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Grass snake footage:
NearbyWild
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCABxoMhWlPrj0rJhypSnW8A

Yellow lipped sea krait footage:
MrChopsta
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXCpojpntZ8A_mv0JEnTRGw

Badger image:
mossi889
http://mossi889.deviantart.com/art/Animals-png-set-293857802
(CC BY 3.0)

Raven image:
James St. John
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/
(CC BY 2.0)

Goatfish image:
Rickard Zerpe
https://www.flickr.com/photos/krokodiver/
(CC BY 2.0)

Sloth bear image:
Marieke IJsendoorn-Kuijpers
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mape_s/
(CC BY 2.0)

Warthog image:
Bernard DUPONT
https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/11839008673/
(CC BY-SA 2.0)

Tiger salamander image:
USFWS Midwest Region
https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmidwest/
Public Domain Mark 1.0

Cottonmouth snake image:
Amaury Laporte
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alaporte/
(CC BY 2.0)

I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
Creative commons licences: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

For our first semiaquatic snake we will be heading to Eurasia as we have the grass snake. The grass snake has quite a confusing name as although it can be found in grassland areas it's more of an aquatic species. The grass snake normally hunts in ponds, rivers and lakes for amphibians.

For our next semiaquatic species we will be heading over to the indo pacific as we have the the yellow lipped sea krait. Sea kraits are a group of venomous sea snakes that thrive in the worlds oceans. The yellow lipped sea krait has extremely toxic venom but is actually a very docile species and is very unlikely to bite humans. The yellow lipped sea krait uses its toxic venom to hunt conger eels and moray eels.

For our next semiaquatic snake we will be heading over to south America as we have the green anaconda. The green anaconda is one of the longest and also the heaviest snake in the world. It tends to be found in slower moving water where it feeds on a wide range of reptiles birds and mammals.

For our final semiaquatic snake species we will be heading to the freshwaters of north America as we have the copperbelly water snake. The copperbelly water snake is a non venomous water snake that primarily feeds on amphibians and small fish. The copperbelly water snake is listed as vulnerable to extinction due to loss of habitat and pollution.

Finally we move onto our imposter the ocellated snake eel. The ocellated snake eel has a very confusing name but it is actually a snake like fish. The ocellated snake eel moves along the substrate in a very similar way to how snakes move on land.

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thanks for watching i hope you enjoyed :)