Forest Flame Snake
Oxyrhopus petolarius
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Oxyrhopus
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 3
- How common
- Common
About
Forest Flame Snake (Oxyrhopus petolarius) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 19 more. Common: recorded in 618 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 Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Pine Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Mountain Slopes
- Highlands
- Plateaus
- Valleys
- Roadsides
- Mesoamerican Rainforest
- Central American Cloud Forest
- Yucatán Tropical Forest
Related snakes
- Oxyrhopus emberti
- Bibron's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus doliatus
- Guibe's Flame Snake Oxyrhopus guibei
- 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
- Duméril's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus clathratus
- 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.