Cope's False Coral Snake
Pliocercus euryzonus
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Pliocercus
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 5
- How common
- Common
About
Cope's False Coral Snake (Pliocercus euryzonus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 11 more. Common: recorded in 108 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
- Mesoamerican Rainforest
- Central American Cloud Forest
- Central American Dry Forest
- Costa Rican Rainforest
- Panamanian Rainforest
Related snakes
- Variegated False Coral Snake Pliocercus elapoides
- 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
- Taylor's Racer Platyceps taylori
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.