Guiral's File Snake

About

Guiral's File Snake (Limaformosa guirali) is a non-venomous snake of the family Lamprophiidae, found in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and 8 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 7 more. Rare: no confirmed iNaturalist sightings.

Where it lives

Native range

• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• 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
• Open Woodland
• Savanna
• Tropical Savanna
• Dry Savanna
• Congo Basin Rainforest
• Guinean Rainforest
• Sudanian Savanna

Related snakes

• Angola File Snake Limaformosa vernayi
• Common File Snake Limaformosa capensis
• African File Snake Limaformosa crossi
• Congo File Snake Limaformosa savorgnani
• Unicolor File Snake Limaformosa chanleri
• Long-lined House Snake Boaedon longilineatus
• Mlanje White-bellied Water-Snake Lycodonomorphus mlanjensis
• Central-African Lined House Snake Boaedon paralineatus
• Yellow House Snake Boaedon subflavus
• Coastal House Snake (littoralis) Boaedon littoralis
• Black File Snake Gracililima nyassae
• Boaedon mendesi