Brown-banded Water Snake or Water Mapepire (Helicops angulatus) is a mildly venomous rear-fanged (Opisthoglyphous) colubrid. It is also reported to be

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Brown-banded Water Snake or Water Mapepire (Helicops angulatus) is a mildly venomous rear-fanged (Opisthoglyphous) colubrid. It is also reported to be facultatively viviparous, capable of giving birth to live young, if for example no nesting sites are available.

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