Elegant Snail-eater
Dipsas elegans
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Dipsas
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 2
- How common
- Recorded in 38 places on iNaturalist
About
Elegant Snail-eater (Dipsas elegans) 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 38 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
- James Peters's Snail-eater Dipsas jamespetersi
- Bolivian Tree Snake Dipsas turgida
- Neuwied's Tree Snake Dipsas neuwiedi
- Dunn's Tree Snake Dipsas vagrans
- La Villa's Snail-eater Dipsas lavillai
- Jan's Tree Snake Dipsas vagus
- O'Neill's Tree Snake Dipsas oneilli
- Dipsas oligozonata
- Williams' Tree Snake Dipsas williamsi
- Boulenger's Tree Snake Dipsas ventrimaculata
- Serra do Cariri Snail Eater Dipsas bothropoides
- Brazilian Snail Eater Dipsas mikanii
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.