Head-striped Leaf-litter Snake
Echinanthera cephalostriata
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Echinanthera
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Recorded in 42 places on iNaturalist
About
Head-striped Leaf-litter Snake (Echinanthera cephalostriata) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Brazil. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical dry forest, tropical seasonal forest and 18 more. Recorded in 42 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 Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Coastal Forest
- Open Woodland
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Shrubland
- Scrubland
- Coastal Scrub
- Atlantic Rainforest
- Cerrado Savanna
- Caatinga Dry Forest
- Coastal Restinga
Related snakes
- Blue Flanked Leaf Litter Snake Echinanthera cyanopleura
- Echinanthera melanostigma
- Frog-eater Snake Echinanthera undulata
- Echinanthera cephalomaculata
- Echinanthera amoena
- Zhao's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis zhaoermii
- Atractus dapsilis
- de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
- Hognose Lineate Blackhead Apostolepis lineata
- Tantilla stenigrammi
- Semau Island groundsnake Stegonotus lividus
- Thomas' Racer Pseudalsophis thomasi
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.