False Water Cobra
Hydrodynastes gigas
The adult false water cobra inhabits marshes, river edges, ponds, and seasonally flooded lowlands across central South America. An active hunter, it takes amphibians, fish, reptiles, birds, and small mammals, pursuing prey both on land and in water. Despite its name and dramatic hooding display, it is not a true cobra; it is a large rear-fanged colubrid with a broad, flattened neck.
- Type
- Water
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- ?
- False Water Cobra