Photo of a Boulenger's Centipede Snake (Tantilla alticola)
Photo: Vilmer Herrera, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Boulenger's Centipede Snake

Tantilla alticola

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Tantilla
Continents
North America
Countries
3
How common
Recorded in 9 places on iNaturalist

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About

Boulenger's Centipede Snake (Tantilla alticola) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, cloud forest, tropical dry forest and 8 more. Recorded in 9 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.

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