Photo of a Neuwied's False Fer-de-lance (Xenodon neuwiedii)
Photo: Carlos Otávio Gussoni, CC BY, via iNaturalist

Neuwied's False Fer-de-lance

Xenodon neuwiedii

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Xenodon
Continents
South America
Countries
3
How common
Common

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About

Neuwied's False Fer-de-lance (Xenodon neuwiedii) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, subtropical forest, evergreen forest and 5 more. Common: recorded in 200 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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