Costal Lyre Snake
Trimorphodon biscutatus
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Trimorphodon
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 6
- How common
- Common
About
Costal Lyre Snake (Trimorphodon biscutatus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and 1 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 33 more. Common: recorded in 146 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
- Temperate Coniferous Forest
- Subtropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Pine Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Shrubland
- Scrubland
- Chaparral
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Rocky Desert
- Gravel Desert
- Desert Scrub
- Rocky Hillsides
- Rocky Outcrops
- Cliffs
Related snakes
- Mexican Lyre Snake Trimorphodon tau
- Texas Lyre Snake Trimorphodon vilkinsonii
- Sinaloan lyresnake Trimorphodon paucimaculatus
- Central American Lyre Snake Trimorphodon quadruplex
- Sonoran Lyre Snake Trimorphodon lambda
- Baja California Lyre Snake Trimorphodon lyrophanes
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.