Central American Lyre Snake
Trimorphodon quadruplex
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Trimorphodon
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 5
- How common
- Common
About
Central American Lyre Snake (Trimorphodon quadruplex) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 16 more. Common: recorded in 152 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
- Pine Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Rocky Hillsides
- Rocky Outcrops
- Cliffs
- Gorges
- Mountain Slopes
- Rock Crevices
- Mesoamerican Rainforest
- Central American Cloud Forest
- Central American Dry Forest
- Costa Rican Rainforest
Related snakes
- Mexican Lyre Snake Trimorphodon tau
- Costal Lyre Snake Trimorphodon biscutatus
- Texas Lyre Snake Trimorphodon vilkinsonii
- Sinaloan lyresnake Trimorphodon paucimaculatus
- Sonoran Lyre Snake Trimorphodon lambda
- Baja California Lyre Snake Trimorphodon lyrophanes
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.