Arafura File Snake

Acrochordus arafurae

• Group: Other

A heavy bodied freshwater and estuarine snake with loose, baggy skin and rough conical scales that give it a filelike feel. Females grow far larger than males, and the species feeds only on fish, gripping slippery prey with its coarse hide before swallowing it whole.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Squamata › Acrochordidae › Acrochordus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 344012.