Photo of a Hughes' Green Snake (Philothamnus hughesi)
Photo: cleobourdon, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Hughes' Green Snake

Philothamnus hughesi

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Philothamnus
Continents
Africa
Countries
6
How common
Recorded in 7 places on iNaturalist

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About

Hughes' Green Snake (Philothamnus hughesi) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, South Sudan and 1 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 13 more. Recorded in 7 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.

Related snakes

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