Acrochordus

Description

The Acrochordidae, commonly known as wart snakes, Java wart snakes, file snakes, elephant trunk snakes, or dogface snakes are a monogeneric family of snakes. The sole genus Acrochordus is a lineage of aquatic snakes found in Australia and tropical Asia, with three species recognized. Genomic data indicate that the family is the sister group to the other families in the clade Caenophidia.