Glossy Snake
Arizona elegans
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Constrictor
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Arizona
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 2
- How common
- Common
About
Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Mexico, United States. It lives in habitats such as temperate coniferous forest, subtropical forest, broadleaf forest, pine forest and 34 more. Common: recorded in 582 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.
- Temperate Coniferous Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Pine Forest
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Grassland
- Temperate Grassland
- Prairie
- Shrubland
- Scrubland
- Chaparral
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Cold Desert
- Semi-Desert
- Sandy Desert
- Gravel Desert
- Desert Scrub
- Sand Dunes
- Coastal Dunes
Related snakes
- Peninsula Glossy Snake Arizona pacata
- Arizona voorhiesi
- 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
- Erythrolamprus rochai
- Tantilla gottei
- Cunene Racer Mopanveldophis zebrinus
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.