Mexican Snake Eater
Clelia scytalina
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Constrictor
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Clelia
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 4
- How common
- Recorded in 16 places on iNaturalist
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Mexican Snake Eater (Clelia scytalina) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 10 more. Recorded in 16 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
- Equatorial Mussurana Clelia equatoriana
- Clelia langeri
- Clelia hussami
- Underwood's Mussurana Clelia errabunda
- Plumbeous Mussurana Clelia plumbea
- Mussurana (clelia) Clelia clelia
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.