Photo of a Japanese Woodsnake (Euprepiophis conspicillata)
Photo: Mizuki Shimoda, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Japanese Woodsnake

Euprepiophis conspicillata

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Constrictor
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Euprepiophis
Continents
Asia, Europe
Countries
3
How common
Rare

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About

Japanese Woodsnake (Euprepiophis conspicillata) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Japan, Russia, Southern Kuril Islands. It lives in habitats such as temperate deciduous forest, temperate mixed forest, broadleaf forest, bamboo forest and 2 more. Rare: no confirmed iNaturalist sightings.

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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