Diurnal Vine Snake
Xenoxybelis argenteus
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Xenoxybelis
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 9
- How common
- Common
About
Diurnal Vine Snake (Xenoxybelis argenteus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana and 4 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 18 more. Common: recorded in 91 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 Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Wet Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Mountain Slopes
- Highlands
- Amazon Rainforest
- Amazon Lowland Rainforest
- Amazon Terra Firme Forest
- Chocó Rainforest
- Guiana Shield Rainforest
- Andean Cloud Forest
- Llanos Grassland
Related snakes
- Southern Sharpnose Snake Xenoxybelis boulengeri
- 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
- Taylor's Racer Platyceps taylori
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.