Eastern Trinket Snake
Elaphe cantoris
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Constrictor
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Elaphe
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 4
- How common
- Recorded in 21 places on iNaturalist
About
Eastern Trinket Snake (Elaphe cantoris) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, tropical seasonal forest, subtropical forest and 15 more. Recorded in 21 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
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Bamboo Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Alpine Meadow
- Alpine Grassland
- Alpine Shrubland
- Mountain Slopes
- Fallen Logs
- Abandoned Buildings
- Himalayan Foothill Forest
- Himalayan Montane Forest
- Sundarbans Mangrove Forest
- Himalayan Alpine Meadow
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
- East-Four-lined Ratsnake Elaphe sauromates
- Japanese Ratsnake Elaphe climacophora
- Dione Snake Elaphe dione
- 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.