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  • For example, the checkered keelback water snake, a non-venemous variety, that prefers to stay in and around water and gets food in this habitat, is on the decline.

    The Times of India 2010

  • In the Daily Mercury, Australian Wildlife Rescue Service volunteer Fay Paterson said that the snake was a common keelback snake, a non-venomous species that was renowned for its ability to successfully prey on cane toads, so this seems like an appropriate turning of the tables.

    TreeHugger 2010

  • Paul nearly treads on a keelback (snake), and Neil too spots a few snakes around the place.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • Snakes such as the keelback measuring 15 sq. m, wolf snake (13 sq. m), python (50 sq. m); king cobra (50 sq. m), viper, krait and sand boa are housed in the new enclosure.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

  • The tiger keelback lives in Japan and uses its poisons for defence rather than attack.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2008

  • Now, another species joins this guild of thieves - the tiger keelback snake,

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2008

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