Costa Rica Water Snake
Hydromorphus concolor
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Hydromorphus
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 5
- How common
- Recorded in 46 places on iNaturalist
About
Costa Rica Water Snake (Hydromorphus concolor) 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 23 more. Recorded in 46 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
- Riverine Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Mountain Slopes
- Wetlands
- Marshes
- Freshwater Marshes
- Swamps
- Freshwater Swamps
- Rivers
- Streams
- Creeks
- Lakes
- Ponds
- Springs
- Reservoirs
- Mesoamerican Rainforest
Related snakes
- Dunn's Water Snake Hydromorphus dunni
- 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.