Photo of a Guatemala Neckband Snake (Scaphiodontophis annulatus)
Photo: Esaú Valdenegro-Brito, CC BY-NC-SA, via iNaturalist

Guatemala Neckband Snake

Scaphiodontophis annulatus

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Scaphiodontophis
Continents
North America, South America
Countries
9
How common
Common

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About

Guatemala Neckband Snake (Scaphiodontophis annulatus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and 4 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 18 more. Common: recorded in 83 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

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