Photo of a Hong Kong Dwarf Snake (Calamaria septentrionalis)
Photo: 银杏小白果, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Hong Kong Dwarf Snake

Calamaria septentrionalis

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Calamaria
Continents
Asia
Countries
2
How common
Common

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About

Hong Kong Dwarf Snake (Calamaria septentrionalis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in China, Vietnam. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, subtropical forest, evergreen forest and 8 more. Common: recorded in 101 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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