Photo of a Neotropical Snail-eater (indica) (Dipsas indica)
Photo: Mario Humberto Yánez-Muñoz, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Neotropical Snail-eater (indica)

Dipsas indica

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Dipsas
Continents
South America
Countries
10
How common
Common

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About

Neotropical Snail-eater (indica) (Dipsas indica) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and 5 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 34 more. Common: recorded in 135 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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