Photo of a Brown Trapezoid Snake (Smithophis bicolor)
Photo: Femul Paliar, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Brown Trapezoid Snake

Smithophis bicolor

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Smithophis
Continents
Asia
Countries
5
How common
Rare

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About

Brown Trapezoid Snake (Smithophis bicolor) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, subtropical forest, broadleaf forest and 7 more. Rare: no confirmed iNaturalist sightings.

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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