Crayfish Snake
Liodytes rigida
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Watersnake
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Liodytes
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Common
About
Crayfish Snake (Liodytes rigida) is a non-venomous water snake of the family Colubridae, found in United States. It lives in habitats such as temperate deciduous forest, temperate mixed forest, subtropical forest, broadleaf forest and 31 more. Common: recorded in 198 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.
- Temperate Deciduous Forest
- Temperate Mixed Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Pine Forest
- Flooded Forest
- Grassland
- Temperate Grassland
- Prairie
- Meadow
- Scrubland
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Semi-Desert
- Desert Scrub
- Wetlands
- Marshes
- Freshwater Marshes
- Swamps
- Freshwater Swamps
- Forested Swamps
- Floodplains
- Seasonal Wetlands
- Rivers
Related snakes
- Striped Crayfish Snake Liodytes alleni
- Black Swampsnake Liodytes pygaea
- 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
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.