Coal Snake
Pseudoboa neuwiedii
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Pseudoboa
- Continents
- South America, North America
- Countries
- 10
- How common
- Common
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Coal Snake (Pseudoboa neuwiedii) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana and 5 more. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 16 more. Common: recorded in 184 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
- Mountain Slopes
- Highlands
- Amazon Rainforest
- Amazon Lowland Rainforest
- Amazon Terra Firme Forest
- Guiana Shield Rainforest
- Andean Cloud Forest
- Central American Cloud Forest
- Central American Dry Forest
- Panamanian Rainforest
- Caribbean Moist Forest
Related snakes
- Pseudoboa krait
- Southeastern Scarlet Snake Pseudoboa serrana
- Paraná False Boa Pseudoboa haasi
- Black False Boa Pseudoboa nigra
- Crowned False Boa Pseudoboa coronata
- Pale Collared Scarlet Snake Pseudoboa martinsi
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.