Photo of a Mock Cobra (Pseudoxenodon macrops)
Photo: Saniya Chaplod, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist
Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Pseudoxenodon
Continents
Asia
Countries
2
How common
Common

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About

Mock Cobra (Pseudoxenodon macrops) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in India, Nepal. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, tropical seasonal forest, subtropical forest and 9 more. Common: recorded in 196 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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