Photo of a Bocourt's Snake-eater (Polemon bocourti)
Photo: Gwili Gibbon, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Bocourt's Snake-eater

Polemon bocourti

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Other
Family
Atractaspididae
Genus
Polemon
Continents
Africa
Countries
4
How common
Rare
Diet
Eats other snakes

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About

Bocourt's Snake-eater (Polemon bocourti) is a venomous snake of the family Atractaspididae, found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Republic of the Congo. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 3 more. Rare: recorded in only 2 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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