Photo of a Mocquard's Swamp Snake (Tretanorhinus mocquardi)
Photo: Favio Rivera, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Mocquard's Swamp Snake

Tretanorhinus mocquardi

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Tretanorhinus
Continents
South America, North America
Countries
3
How common
Recorded in 9 places on iNaturalist

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About

Mocquard's Swamp Snake (Tretanorhinus mocquardi) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 13 more. Recorded in 9 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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