Cerrado Racer
Philodryas livida
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Philodryas
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 2
- How common
- Rare
About
Cerrado Racer (Philodryas livida) is a venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Brazil, Paraguay. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical seasonal forest, subtropical forest and 21 more. Rare: recorded in only 2 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 Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Coastal Forest
- Gallery Forest
- Open Woodland
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Wet Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Waterholes
- Coastal Scrub
- Roadsides
- Atlantic Rainforest
- Cerrado Savanna
- Pantanal Wetlands
Related snakes
- Bolivian Racer Philodryas boliviana
- Guaiquinima Bush Racer Philodryas cordata
- Paraguay Green Racer Philodryas nattereri
- Arnaldo's Green Racer Philodryas arnaldoi
- Patagonia Green Racer Philodryas patagoniensis
- Baron's Green Racer Philodryas baroni
- Chilean Green Racer Philodryas chamissonis
- Miranda Green Racer (mattogrossensis) Philodryas mattogrossensis
- Günther's Green Racer Philodryas psammophidea
- Jan's Green Racer Philodryas varia
- Erland's Miranda Green Racer Philodryas erlandi
- Burrowing Night Snake Philodryas agassizii
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.