Elephant Trunk Snake

The Elephant Trunk Snake is a fully aquatic snake with incredible features. The Elephant Trunk Snake when fully grown Is 94 Inches (7 feet 10 Inches) from head to tail. It is so used to living in the water that its body cannot support the weight out of water and leaving the water can cause serious injuries. These snakes can stay under water for 40 minutes and are nocturnal. The Elephant trunk snake eats fishes, amphibians. It is ambush Predator, one of the strategies for hunting is by folding its body firmly around the prey Its loose baggy skin and its incredibly sharp scales find their utility limiting any escapes of their prey. The Elephant Trunk Snake is Ovoviviparous, and their incubation lasts 5 to 6 months, and the females expel 16 to 17 young. The Elephant Trunk snake can be found in rivers, estuaries, and lagoons. The Elephant Trunk Snake prefers freshwater with brackish or murky water. The Female Elephant trunk Snake is typically larger than males this is called sexual dimorphism It Is when one gender Is larger than the other.