Culebra
Paraphimophis rusticus
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Paraphimophis
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 3
- How common
- Common
About
Culebra (Paraphimophis rusticus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical seasonal forest, subtropical forest and 20 more. Common: recorded in 136 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 Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Coastal Forest
- Open Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Temperate Grassland
- Steppe
- Cold Desert
- Mountain Slopes
- Coastal Scrub
- Atlantic Rainforest
- Andean Yungas
- Cerrado Savanna
- Pampas Grassland
- Patagonian Steppe
- Coastal Restinga
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- 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
- Yucatan Rat Snake Pseudelaphe phaescens
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.