Photo of a Ibarra Snail-eater (Dipsas ellipsifera)
Photo: Marie, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist
Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Dipsas
Continents
South America
Countries
1
How common
Recorded in 9 places on iNaturalist

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About

Ibarra Snail-eater (Dipsas ellipsifera) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Ecuador. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, cloud forest, mountain forest and 3 more. Recorded in 9 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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