Photo of a Michoacan Black-striped Snake (Coniophanes michoacanensis)
Photo: Alejandro Calzada Arciniega, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Michoacan Black-striped Snake

Coniophanes michoacanensis

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Coniophanes
Continents
North America
Countries
1
How common
Rare

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About

Michoacan Black-striped Snake (Coniophanes michoacanensis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Mexico. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, cloud forest, tropical dry forest and 8 more. Rare: recorded in only 2 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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