Impostor Flame-Snake
Oxyrhopus vanidicus
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Oxyrhopus
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 5
- How common
- Common
About
Impostor Flame-Snake (Oxyrhopus vanidicus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 24 more. Common: recorded in 75 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 Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Gallery Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Wet Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Mountain Slopes
- Highlands
- Valleys
- Waterholes
- Roadsides
- Amazon Rainforest
Related snakes
- Oxyrhopus emberti
- Bibron's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus doliatus
- Guibe's Flame Snake Oxyrhopus guibei
- Forest Flame Snake Oxyrhopus petolarius
- Fitzinger's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus fitzingeri
- Werner's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus leucomelas
- Tschudi's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus melanogenys
- Amazon False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus rhombifer
- Duméril's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus clathratus
- Beautiful calico snake Oxyrhopus formosus
- Boulenger's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus marcapatae
- Northern Calico Snake Oxyrhopus occipitalis
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.