Northern Calico Snake
Oxyrhopus occipitalis
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Oxyrhopus
- Continents
- South America, North America
- Countries
- 9
- How common
- Common
About
Northern Calico Snake (Oxyrhopus occipitalis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana and 4 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 18 more. Common: recorded in 83 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.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Mountain Slopes
- Highlands
- Valleys
- Roadsides
- Amazon Rainforest
- Amazon Lowland Rainforest
- Amazon Terra Firme Forest
- Chocó Rainforest
- Guiana Shield Rainforest
- Andean Cloud Forest
Related snakes
- Oxyrhopus emberti
- Bibron's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus doliatus
- Guibe's Flame Snake Oxyrhopus guibei
- Forest Flame Snake Oxyrhopus petolarius
- Fitzinger's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus fitzingeri
- Werner's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus leucomelas
- Tschudi's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus melanogenys
- Amazon False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus rhombifer
- Duméril's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus clathratus
- Beautiful calico snake Oxyrhopus formosus
- Boulenger's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus marcapatae
- Brazilian False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus trigeminus
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.