Photo of a Cross-barred Snake (Dipsadoboa aulica)
Photo: Dylan Leonard, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Cross-barred Snake

Dipsadoboa aulica

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Dipsadoboa
Continents
Africa
Countries
7
How common
Recorded in 58 places on iNaturalist

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About

Cross-barred Snake (Dipsadoboa aulica) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa and 2 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical seasonal forest, subtropical forest, subtropical dry forest, broadleaf forest and 13 more. Recorded in 58 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

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