Cope's Vine Snake
Oxybelis brevirostris
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Oxybelis
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 4
- How common
- Common
About
Cope's Vine Snake (Oxybelis brevirostris) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 18 more. Common: recorded in 118 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
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Mountain Slopes
- Valleys
- Roadsides
- Chocó Rainforest
- Mesoamerican Rainforest
- Central American Cloud Forest
- Central American Dry Forest
- Costa Rican Rainforest
- Panamanian Rainforest
Related snakes
- Rutherford's Brown Vine Snake Oxybelis rutherfordi
- Inkaterra Vine Snake Oxybelis inkaterra
- Guatemalan Vine Snake Oxybelis koehleri
- Striped Vine Snake Oxybelis vittatus
- Oxybelis transandinus
- Roatan Vinesnake Oxybelis wilsoni
- Green Vine Snake (fulgidus) Oxybelis fulgidus
- Brown Vinesnake Oxybelis aeneus
- Thornscrub Vine Snake Oxybelis microphthalmus
- Gulf Coast Vine Snake Oxybelis potosiensis
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.