Photo of a Painted Mock Viper (Psammodynastes pictus)
Photo: Zainudin Basriansyah Akar, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Painted Mock Viper

Psammodynastes pictus

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Other
Family
Pseudaspididae
Genus
Psammodynastes
Continents
Asia
Countries
1
How common
Common

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About

Painted Mock Viper (Psammodynastes pictus) is a non-venomous snake of the family Pseudaspididae, found in Indonesia. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 8 more. Common: recorded in 91 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.

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