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Laurent's File Snake
Mehelya laurenti
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Other
- Family
- Lamprophiidae
- Genus
- Mehelya
- Continents
- Africa
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Rare
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Laurent's File Snake (Mehelya laurenti) is a non-venomous snake of the family Lamprophiidae, found in Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 1 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.
Related snakes
- Gabou File Snake Mehelya gabouensis
- Egbe File Snake Mehelya egbensis
- Equatorial File Snake Mehelya poensis
- Small-eyed File Snake Mehelya stenophthalmus
- Long-lined House Snake Boaedon longilineatus
- Mlanje White-bellied Water-Snake Lycodonomorphus mlanjensis
- Central-African Lined House Snake Boaedon paralineatus
- Yellow House Snake Boaedon subflavus
- Coastal House Snake (littoralis) Boaedon littoralis
- Black File Snake Gracililima nyassae
- Angola File Snake Limaformosa vernayi
- Common File Snake Limaformosa capensis
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.