Where has the Dog-faced Water Snake been recorded?

Cerberus rynchops occurrence evidence comes from 258 records in 10 countries and territories, from 1907 to 2024. Most records come from Myanmar.

• 258 records
• 10 places
• 30 years recorded
• Squamata class

Observation evidence passport

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Dog-faced Water Snake has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Dog-faced Water Snake. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.