Photo of a Mangrove Cat-eyed Snake (Leptodeira rubricata)
Photo: Taryn Cornell, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Mangrove Cat-eyed Snake

Leptodeira rubricata

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Leptodeira
Continents
North America
Countries
2
How common
Recorded in 15 places on iNaturalist

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About

Mangrove Cat-eyed Snake (Leptodeira rubricata) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Costa Rica, Panama. It lives in habitats such as tropical dry forest, forest edges, roadsides, central american dry forest and 1 more. Recorded in 15 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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