Photo of a Chilean Green Racer (Philodryas chamissonis)
Photo: Amelia Ryan, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Chilean Green Racer

Philodryas chamissonis

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Philodryas
Continents
South America
Countries
1
How common
Common

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About

Chilean Green Racer (Philodryas chamissonis) is a venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Chile. It lives in habitats such as temperate rainforest, forest edges, grassland, temperate grassland and 6 more. Common: recorded in 377 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.

Related snakes

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