Photo of a Faded Black-striped Snake (Coniophanes schmidti)
Photo: matt_whitbeck, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Faded Black-striped Snake

Coniophanes schmidti

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Coniophanes
Continents
North America
Countries
3
How common
Common

Open in SnakeList

About

Faded Black-striped Snake (Coniophanes schmidti) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 11 more. Common: recorded in 102 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

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.