Photo of a Greater Centipede Snake (Tantilla impensa)
Photo: Josue Ramos Galdamez, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Greater Centipede Snake

Tantilla impensa

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Tantilla
Continents
North America
Countries
2
How common
Rare

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About

Greater Centipede Snake (Tantilla impensa) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Guatemala, Honduras. It lives in habitats such as underground burrows, loose soil, leaf litter, fallen logs. Rare: recorded in only 2 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.

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