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title: "Puff-faced Water Snake"
description: "Homalopsis buccata — Rettili. Homalopsis buccata (puff-faced water snake or masked water snake) is a species of mildly venomous snake in the Homalopsidae family found in tropical areas of Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/puff-faced-water-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Puff-faced Water Snake

> Homalopsis buccata — Rettili. Homalopsis buccata (puff-faced water snake or masked water snake) is a species of mildly venomous snake in the Homalopsidae family found in tropical areas of Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Homalopsis buccata*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 674
- Wikidata: [Q2655234](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2655234)
- iNaturalist taxon: [29910](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/29910)

## Names

- en: Puff-faced Water Snake
- de: Boa-Wassertrugnatter
- es: Serpiente Acuática Enmascarada

## Countries with the most observations

ID (484), TH (46), SG (44), MY (33)

## Summary

Homalopsis buccata (puff-faced water snake or masked water snake) is a species of mildly venomous snake in the Homalopsidae family found in tropical areas of Southeast Asia.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215687793

## Machine access

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