Cope's Tropical Ground Snake
Trimetopon pliolepis
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Trimetopon
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 3
- How common
- Recorded in 13 places on iNaturalist
About
Cope's Tropical Ground Snake (Trimetopon pliolepis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 10 more. Recorded in 13 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
- Günther's Tropical Ground Snake Trimetopon gracile
- Viquez's Tropical Ground Snake Trimetopon viquezi
- Barbour's Tropical Ground Snake Trimetopon barbouri
- Slevin's Tropical Ground Snake Trimetopon slevini
- Dunn's Tropical Ground Snake Trimetopon simile
- 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
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.