Photo of a Keeled Earth Snake (Geophis carinosus)
Photo: Vojtěch Víta, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Keeled Earth Snake

Geophis carinosus

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Geophis
Continents
North America
Countries
2
How common
Recorded in 5 places on iNaturalist

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About

Keeled Earth Snake (Geophis carinosus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Guatemala, Mexico. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 12 more. Recorded in 5 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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