Awl-headed Snake
Lytorhynchus diadema
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Lytorhynchus
- Continents
- Africa, Asia
- Countries
- 19
- How common
- Common
About
Awl-headed Snake (Lytorhynchus diadema) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Iran, Iraq and 14 more. It lives in habitats such as woodland, dry woodland, open woodland, scrub forest and 29 more. Common: recorded in 94 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
- Maynard's Longnose Sand Snake Lytorhynchus maynardi
- Leviton's Leafnose Snake Lytorhynchus gasperetti
- Derafshi Snake Lytorhynchus ridgewayi
- Kennedy's Leafnose Snake Lytorhynchus kennedyi
- Sindh Awl-headed Snake Lytorhynchus paradoxus
- Zhao's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis zhaoermii
- Atractus dapsilis
- de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
- Hognose Lineate Blackhead Apostolepis lineata
- Tantilla stenigrammi
- Semau Island groundsnake Stegonotus lividus
- Thomas' Racer Pseudalsophis thomasi
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.