Ashmead's Banded Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira ashmeadii
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Leptodeira
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 3
- How common
- Common
About
Ashmead's Banded Cat-eyed Snake (Leptodeira ashmeadii) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 25 more. Common: recorded in 177 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.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Gallery Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Wet Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Mountain Slopes
- Highlands
- Valleys
- Waterholes
- Roadsides
- Amazon Rainforest
Related snakes
- Jubones Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira misinawui
- Mangrove Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira rubricata
- Baker's Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira bakeri
- Western Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira punctata
- Southwestern Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira maculata
- Banded Cat-eyed Snake (annulata) Leptodeira annulata
- Leptodeira polysticta
- Cat-eyed Snake (septentrionalis) Leptodeira septentrionalis
- Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira nigrofasciata
- Rainforest Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira frenata
- Splendid Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira splendida
- Leptodeira rhombifera
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.