Photo of a Haitian Ground Snake (Ialtris haetianus)
Photo: René Durocher, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Haitian Ground Snake

Ialtris haetianus

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

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About

Haitian Ground Snake (Ialtris haetianus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Dominican Republic, Haiti. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, evergreen forest, caribbean moist forest and 1 more. Rare: recorded in only 1 place 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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