---
title: "Rainbow water snake"
description: "Enhydris enhydris — Reptielen. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/rainbow-mud-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rainbow water snake

> Enhydris enhydris — Reptielen. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Enhydris enhydris*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 572
- Wikidata: [Q2384131](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2384131)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26770](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26770)

## Names

- en: Rainbow Mud Snake
- de: Gestreifte Wassertrugnatter
- es: Serpiente de lodo arcoíris
- nl: Rainbow water snake
- pl: Mieliznówka tęczowa

## Countries with the most observations

ID (214), TH (154), IN (84), BD (14), KH (14), VN (14), MY (12), MM (11), SG (7)

## Photo

![Rainbow water snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rainbow-mud-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alfred Brehm · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brehms_Het_Leven_der_Dieren_Zoogdieren_Orde_4_Zeeotter_(Enhydris_lutris).jpg

## Machine access

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