Duméril's False Coral Snake
Oxyrhopus clathratus
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Oxyrhopus
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 2
- How common
- Common
About
Duméril's False Coral Snake (Oxyrhopus clathratus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Argentina, Brazil. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical dry forest, tropical seasonal forest and 27 more. Common: recorded in 125 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 Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Coastal Forest
- Gallery Forest
- Open Woodland
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Temperate Grassland
- Shrubland
- Scrubland
- Waterholes
Related snakes
- Oxyrhopus emberti
- Bibron's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus doliatus
- Guibe's Flame Snake Oxyrhopus guibei
- Forest Flame Snake Oxyrhopus petolarius
- Fitzinger's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus fitzingeri
- Werner's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus leucomelas
- Tschudi's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus melanogenys
- Amazon False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus rhombifer
- Beautiful calico snake Oxyrhopus formosus
- Boulenger's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus marcapatae
- Northern Calico Snake Oxyrhopus occipitalis
- Brazilian False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus trigeminus
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.