Photo of a American Snail-eater (Dipsas articulata)
Photo: Court Harding, CC BY, via iNaturalist

American Snail-eater

Dipsas articulata

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Dipsas
Continents
North America
Countries
3
How common
Recorded in 39 places on iNaturalist

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About

American Snail-eater (Dipsas articulata) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 12 more. Recorded in 39 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

Related snakes

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