Central America Lizard Eater
Mastigodryas alternatus
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Mastigodryas
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 4
- How common
- Common
About
Central America Lizard Eater (Mastigodryas alternatus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 17 more. Common: recorded in 80 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.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Mountain Slopes
- Valleys
- Roadsides
- Mesoamerican Rainforest
- Central American Cloud Forest
- Central American Dry Forest
- Costa Rican Rainforest
- Panamanian Rainforest
Related snakes
- Salmon-bellied racer Mastigodryas melanolomus
- Amaral's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas amarali
- Barbour's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas bruesi
- Clifton's Lizard Eater Mastigodryas cliftoni
- Daniel's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas danieli
- Plee's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas pleii
- Striped Lizard Eater Mastigodryas dorsalis
- Boddaert's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas boddaerti
- Heath's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas heathii
- Cope's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas pulchriceps
- Mastigodryas moratoi
- Mastigodryas reticulatus
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.