Common Green Racer
Chlorosoma viridissimum
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Chlorosoma
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 11
- How common
- Recorded in 70 places on iNaturalist
About
Common Green Racer (Chlorosoma viridissimum) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and 6 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 31 more. Recorded in 70 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
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Coastal Forest
- Open Woodland
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Wet Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Shrubland
- Scrubland
- Mountain Slopes
- Highlands
- Coastal Scrub
Related snakes
- Chlorosoma laticeps
- Chlorosoma dunupyana
- Zhao's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis zhaoermii
- Atractus dapsilis
- de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
- Hognose Lineate Blackhead Apostolepis lineata
- Tantilla stenigrammi
- Semau Island groundsnake Stegonotus lividus
- Thomas' Racer Pseudalsophis thomasi
- Erythrolamprus rochai
- Tantilla gottei
- Cunene Racer Mopanveldophis zebrinus
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.