Ghana Herald Snake

About

Ghana Herald Snake (Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad and 8 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 12 more. Rare: recorded in only 1 place on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Mali
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• South Sudan
• Togo

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
• Evergreen Forest
• Dry Woodland
• Open Woodland
• Scrub Forest
• Thorn Forest
• Savanna
• Tropical Savanna
• Dry Savanna
• Semi-Desert
• Congo Basin Rainforest
• Guinean Rainforest
• Sudanian Savanna
• Sahel Shrubland

Related snakes

• Tana Herald Snake Crotaphopeltis braestrupi
• Tornier's Cat Snake Crotaphopeltis tornieri
• Yellow-flanked Snake Crotaphopeltis degeni
• Barotse Water Snake Crotaphopeltis barotseensis
• Red-lipped Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
• Zhao's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis zhaoermii
• Atractus dapsilis
• de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
• Hognose Lineate Blackhead Apostolepis lineata
• Tantilla stenigrammi
• Semau Island groundsnake Stegonotus lividus
• Thomas' Racer Pseudalsophis thomasi