Equatorial File Snake

About

Equatorial File Snake (Mehelya poensis) is a non-venomous snake of the family Lamprophiidae, found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo and 13 more. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical seasonal forest and 10 more. Recorded in 15 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

• Angola
• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Malawi
• Nigeria
• Republic of the Congo
• Sierra Leone
• South Sudan
• Togo
• Uganda

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 Seasonal Forest
• Evergreen Forest
• Woodland
• Open Woodland
• Savanna
• Tropical Savanna
• Dry Savanna
• Congo Basin Rainforest
• Guinean Rainforest
• Miombo Woodland
• Sudanian Savanna

Related snakes

• Gabou File Snake Mehelya gabouensis
• Egbe File Snake Mehelya egbensis
• Laurent's File Snake Mehelya laurenti
• Small-eyed File Snake Mehelya stenophthalmus
• Long-lined House Snake Boaedon longilineatus
• Mlanje White-bellied Water-Snake Lycodonomorphus mlanjensis
• Central-African Lined House Snake Boaedon paralineatus
• Yellow House Snake Boaedon subflavus
• Coastal House Snake (littoralis) Boaedon littoralis
• Black File Snake Gracililima nyassae
• Angola File Snake Limaformosa vernayi
• Common File Snake Limaformosa capensis