Photo of a Dendrophidion prolixum (Dendrophidion prolixum)
Photo: alex_neugebauer, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist
Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Dendrophidion
Continents
South America
Countries
2
How common
Recorded in 11 places on iNaturalist

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About

Dendrophidion prolixum is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Colombia, Ecuador. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 7 more. Recorded in 11 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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