Photo of a Narrow-headed Reed Snake (Calamaria nuchalis)
Photo: Iman Akbar, CC BY-NC-SA, via iNaturalist

Narrow-headed Reed Snake

Calamaria nuchalis

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Calamaria
Continents
Asia
Countries
1
How common
Rare

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About

Narrow-headed Reed Snake (Calamaria nuchalis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Indonesia. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 7 more. Rare: recorded in only 1 place 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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