Photo of a Mandarin Ratsnake (Euprepiophis mandarinus)
Photo: generalniu, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Mandarin Ratsnake

Euprepiophis mandarinus

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Constrictor
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Euprepiophis
Continents
Asia
Countries
6
How common
Common

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About

Mandarin Ratsnake (Euprepiophis mandarinus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan and 1 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 18 more. Common: recorded in 160 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.

Related snakes

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