Tentacled Snake Facts: a SNAKE with TENTACLES 🐍 Animal Fact Files
The Tentacled Snake is easy to identify because it’s the only known living snake species with tentacles! Learn more tentacled snake facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!
Scientific Name: Erpeton tentaculatum
Range: Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
Habitat: slow-moving or stagnant waters like lakes, ponds, streams, paddy fields, etc.
Size: up to 20 inches (51cm)
Diet: almost entirely fish
Threats: fungal and bacterial disease, humans may catch them for skin and food
Lifespan: unknown (most care guides suggest at least a decade with proper husbandry)
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Tentacled Snake FISHING SNAKE 0:00
Tentacled Snake HABTIAT and RANGE 0:41
Tentacled Snake LIFE HISTORY 1:15
Tentacled Snake THREATS 1:42
Tentacled Snake INACTIVE 2:02
Tentacled Snake APPEARANCE 2:22
Tentacled Snake EATING 2:54
Thanks! 3:50
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Trevor Zoo at Millbrook School –
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