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Gerard's Water Snake, Cat-eyed Water Snake Gerarda prevostiana is a species of snake. The Gerard's water snake tears its victims (crabs) into bite-sized pieces, in contrast to most other snakes (Jayne et al. 2002). Distribution:
- India, Myanmar (= Burma), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Philippine Islands (?)
- Bangladesh; West Malaysia; Singapore.
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- Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
- Eydoux, F. & P. Gervais 1822 Voyage de la Favourite. Reptiles. Mag. Zool. Guérin, Paris, 111: 1 - 10
- Jayne, B. C., Voris, H. K. & Ng, P. K. L. 2002 Snake circumvents constraints on prey size. Nature 418: 143
