Wart snake
Acrochordus granulatus (Schneider, 1799)
Status not recordedsnakes
The wart snake (Acrochordus granulatus) is a species in the family Acrochordidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 143.3 g to 666 g and reach 71.9 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the wart snake
- Weight
- 143.3 g – 666 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 71.9 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 5 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 4.8 – 7src for Young per litter or clutch
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Live birthsrc for Reproduction
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the wart snake?
Where does the wart snake live?
Not recorded
Is the wart snake endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the wart snake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAcrochordidae
- genusAcrochordus
- SpeciesAcrochordus granulatus (Schneider, 1799)
Synonyms Acrochordus fasciatus, Chersydrus annulatus, Chersydrus granulatus, Chersydrus granulatus, Chersydrus granulatus luzonensis, Hydrus granulatus
Other names and names in other languages (25)
- Granulated file snakeEnglish
- Little filesnakeEnglish
- Little WartsnakeEnglish
- Marine file snakeEnglish
- Small warty snakeEnglish
- bradavičník malýCzech
- Lille VorteslangeDanish
- WarzenschlangeGerman
- Kleine WarzenschlangeGerman
- Südostasiatische WarzenschlangeGerman
- Zwerg-WarzenschlangeGerman
- Serpiente de Agua con QuillaSpanish
- કાનસીયોGujarati
- KadutIndonesian
- Ular Karung BelangIndonesian
- Acrocordo granulatoItalian
- Serpente lima minoreItalian
- ヒメヤスリヘビJapanese
- Brodawkowiec małyPolish
- Индийская бородавчатая змеяRussian
- දියගොයාSinhala
- රෙදි නයාSinhala
- งูผ้าขี้ริ้วThai
- 瘰鱗蛇Chinese
- 瘰鳞蛇Chinese
Relatives of the wart snake
Other species in the same genus Acrochordus.
CompareWart snake vs KarungWart snake vs FilesnakeWart snake vs Acrochordus dubiusWart snake vs Acrochordus mahakamiensis
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the wart snake?
An adult wart snake weighs 143.3 g – 666 g and measures 71.9 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the wart snake?
The wart snake (Acrochordus granulatus) belongs to the family Acrochordidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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