Hypsiscopus matannensis is a species of water snake in the order Squamata.[1] The species epithet refers to its type locality, Lake Matana (also spelled Matano), in Sulawesi.[2][3]Its common names are Matana mud or water snake,[3][4][5] which also reflects its type locality, and Boulenger's water snake.[6] The species was first described in 1897 by the zoologist George Albert Boulenger.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Homalopsidae |
| Genus: | Hypsiscopus |
| Species: | H. matannensis
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| Hypsiscopus matannensis (Boulenger 1897)
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It is endemic to Southeast Sulawesi (the Celebes).[7]
References
edit- ^ "Hypsiscopus matannensis (Boulenger, 1897)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ Huetz, Peter; Hallermann, Jakob. "Hypsiscopus matannensis". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ a b "Matana Mud Snake, Hypsiscopus matannensis (Boulenger, 1897)". Natural History.Live. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Genus Hypsiscopus - taxonomy & distribution / RepFocus". www.repfocus.dk. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ^ Healey, Ryan M.; Atutubo, Jessica R.; Kusrini, Mirza Dikari; Howard, Lesley; Page, Felicia; Hallisey, Noah; Karraker, Nancy E. (2020-12-01). "Road mortality threatens endemic species in a national park in Sulawesi, Indonesia". Global Ecology and Conservation. 24: e01281. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01281. ISSN 2351-9894.Note: common name spelled with two N's (Matanna)
- ^ "Boulenger's Water Snake names - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ Murphy, John C.; Voris, Harold K.; Angielczyk, Kenneth David (2014). A checklist and key to the homalopsid snakes (reptilia, squamata, serpentes), with the description of new genera. Chicago, Ill: Field Museum of Natural History.
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