Photo of a New Guinea Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis lineolatus)
Photo: Tom Kirschey, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

New Guinea Bronzeback

Dendrelaphis lineolatus

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Dendrelaphis
Continents
Africa, Asia, Oceania
Countries
3
How common
Recorded in 10 places on iNaturalist

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About

New Guinea Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis lineolatus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Guinea, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 8 more. Recorded in 10 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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