Photo of a Military Ground Snake (Erythrolamprus miliaris)
Photo: Nelson Wisnik, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Military Ground Snake

Erythrolamprus miliaris

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Erythrolamprus
Continents
South America
Countries
12
How common
Common

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About

Military Ground Snake (Erythrolamprus miliaris) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and 7 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical dry forest and 51 more. Common: recorded in 363 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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