miter snake
Sonora episcopa
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Sonora
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 2
- How common
- Common
About
miter snake (Sonora episcopa) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Mexico, United States. It lives in habitats such as temperate deciduous forest, temperate mixed forest, temperate coniferous forest, subtropical forest and 24 more. Common: recorded in 433 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.
- Temperate Deciduous Forest
- Temperate Mixed Forest
- Temperate Coniferous Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Pine Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Grassland
- Temperate Grassland
- Prairie
- Meadow
- Scrubland
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Semi-Desert
- Desert Scrub
- Mountain Slopes
- Plateaus
- Underground Burrows
- Loose Soil
- Coastal Scrub
- Chihuahuan Desert
Related snakes
- Sand Snake (straminea) Sonora straminea
- Banded Sand Snake (cincta) Sonora cincta
- Resplendent Shovel-nosed Snake Sonora annulata
- Savage's Sand Snake Sonora savagei
- Banded Sand Snake (fasciata) Sonora fasciata
- Filetail Ground Snake Sonora aemula
- Ground Snake (semiannulata) Sonora semiannulata
- Taylor’s Ground Snake Sonora taylori
- Mosauer’s Ground Snake Sonora mosaueri
- Michoacán Ground Snake Sonora michoacanensis
- Sonoran Shovelnose Snake Sonora palarostris
- Michoacán Ground Snake (mutabilis) Sonora mutabilis
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.