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title: "Green Water Snake"
description: "Philothamnus hoplogaster — Reptiles. Philothamnus hoplogaster, the southeastern green snake or green water snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/green-water-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green Water Snake

> Philothamnus hoplogaster — Reptiles. Philothamnus hoplogaster, the southeastern green snake or green water snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Philothamnus hoplogaster*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 598
- Wikidata: [Q3381255](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3381255)
- iNaturalist taxon: [29084](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/29084)

## Names

- en: Green Water Snake
- de: Grasgrüne Buschschlange

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (329), MZ (50), MW (39), ZM (26), ZW (23), KE (21), TZ (16), SZ (4), NA (3)

## Summary

Philothamnus hoplogaster, the southeastern green snake or green water snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.
The snake is found in central Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philothamnus_hoplogaster

## Photo

![Green Water Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-water-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Erwin Sieben · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193483806

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-water-snake?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).