Photo of a Mousehole Snake (Philodryas trilineata)
Photo: Carlos Robledo, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Mousehole Snake

Philodryas trilineata

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Philodryas
Continents
South America
Countries
2
How common
Common

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About

Mousehole Snake (Philodryas trilineata) is a venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Argentina, Bolivia. It lives in habitats such as tropical moist forest, subtropical dry forest, woodland, dry woodland and 14 more. Common: recorded in 141 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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