Photo of a Hallowell's Centipede Snake (Tantilla vermiformis)
Photo: Ángel Rodríguez, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Hallowell's Centipede Snake

Tantilla vermiformis

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Tantilla
Continents
North America
Countries
5
How common
Recorded in 8 places on iNaturalist

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About

Hallowell's Centipede Snake (Tantilla vermiformis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, cloud forest, tropical dry forest and 8 more. Recorded in 8 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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