Black Tree Snake (occidentalis)
Thrasops occidentalis
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Thrasops
- Continents
- Africa
- Countries
- 9
- How common
- Recorded in 5 places on iNaturalist
About
Black Tree Snake (occidentalis) (Thrasops occidentalis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia and 4 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 11 more. Recorded in 5 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
- Thrasops aethiopissa
- Yellow-throated Bold-eyed Tree Snake Thrasops flavigularis
- Schmidt's Bold-eyed Tree Snake Thrasops schmidti
- Jackson's Black Tree Snake Thrasops jacksonii
- 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
- Erythrolamprus rochai
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.