Leetcode419.Battleships in a board

def countBattleships(board):
    def is_valid(row, col):
        if row < 0 or row > len(board) - 1 or col < 0 or col > len(board[0]) - 1:
            return False
        else:
            return True

    def dfs(row, col):
        if not is_valid(row,col):
            return
        if board[row][col] == '.':
            return
        board[row][col] = '.'
        dfs(row, col + 1)
        dfs(row, col - 1)
        dfs(row + 1, col)
        dfs(row - 1, col)

    if not board:
        return

    battleship_count = 0
    for row in range(len(board)):
        for col in range(len(board[0])):
            if board[row][col]=='X':
                battleship_count += 1
                dfs(row, col)
                # print(row,col)

    return battleship_count

m = [["X",".",".","X"],[".",".",".","X"],[".",".",".","X"]]
print(countBattleships(m))