Photo of a Catesby's Pointed Snake (Uromacer catesbyi)
Photo: Ron Savage, CC BY-NC-SA, via iNaturalist

Catesby's Pointed Snake

Uromacer catesbyi

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Uromacer
Continents
North America
Countries
2
How common
Recorded in 48 places on iNaturalist

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About

Catesby's Pointed Snake (Uromacer catesbyi) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Dominican Republic, Haiti. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical dry forest, evergreen forest and 3 more. Recorded in 48 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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