Dione Snake
Elaphe dione
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Constrictor
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Elaphe
- Continents
- Asia, Europe
- Countries
- 14
- How common
- Common
About
Dione Snake (Elaphe dione) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, Iran and 9 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, temperate rainforest, temperate deciduous forest and 30 more. Common: recorded in 955 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 Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Temperate Rainforest
- Temperate Deciduous Forest
- Temperate Mixed Forest
- Boreal Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Grassland
- Temperate Grassland
- Steppe
- Meadow
- Alpine Meadow
- Alpine Grassland
- Alpine Shrubland
- Desert
- Cold Desert
- Mountain Slopes
- Plateaus
- Fallen Logs
- Bogs
- Fens
- Peatlands
Related snakes
- Urartian Rat Snake Elaphe urartica
- Qin Emperor Rat Snake Elaphe xiphodonta
- Moellendorff's Trinket Snake Elaphe moellendorffi
- English common name not available Elaphe hodgsoni
- Eastern Trinket Snake Elaphe cantoris
- East-Four-lined Ratsnake Elaphe sauromates
- Japanese Ratsnake Elaphe climacophora
- Amur Ratsnake Elaphe schrenckii
- Korean Ratsnake Elaphe anomala
- Chinese Leopard Snake Elaphe bimaculata
- Taiwan Stink Snake Elaphe carinata
- Pere David's Rat Snake Elaphe davidi
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.