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Subsessor
Sign in to saveSubsessor is a genus of snake in the family Homalopsidae. The genus is monotypic, containing the sole species Subsessor bocourti. The species is commonly known as '''Bocourt's mud snake or Bocourt's water snake' and has traditionally been placed in the genus Enhydris''.
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Bocourt's Water Snake
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyHomalopsidae
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Subsessor is a genus of snake in the family Homalopsidae. The genus is monotypic, containing the sole species Subsessor bocourti. The species is commonly known as '''Bocourt's mud snake or Bocourt's water snake' and has traditionally been placed in the genus Enhydris.
==Etymology== Both the specific name, bocourti'', and the common name, Bocourt's water snake, refer to French zoologist Marie Firmin Bocourt.
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