Gulf Coast Vine Snake
Oxybelis potosiensis
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Oxybelis
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 3
- How common
- Common
About
Gulf Coast Vine Snake (Oxybelis potosiensis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 24 more. Common: recorded in 193 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.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Scrubland
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Semi-Desert
- Desert Scrub
- Mountain Slopes
- Highlands
- Plateaus
- Valleys
- Roadsides
Related snakes
- Rutherford's Brown Vine Snake Oxybelis rutherfordi
- Inkaterra Vine Snake Oxybelis inkaterra
- Guatemalan Vine Snake Oxybelis koehleri
- Striped Vine Snake Oxybelis vittatus
- Oxybelis transandinus
- Roatan Vinesnake Oxybelis wilsoni
- Green Vine Snake (fulgidus) Oxybelis fulgidus
- Cope's Vine Snake Oxybelis brevirostris
- Brown Vinesnake Oxybelis aeneus
- Thornscrub Vine Snake Oxybelis microphthalmus
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.