Pale Ground Snake
Urotheca decipiens
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Urotheca
- Continents
- South America, North America
- Countries
- 5
- How common
- Recorded in 14 places on iNaturalist
About
Pale Ground Snake (Urotheca decipiens) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 13 more. Recorded in 14 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
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Mountain Slopes
- Highlands
- Chocó Rainforest
- Andean Cloud Forest
- Mesoamerican Rainforest
- Central American Cloud Forest
- Central American Dry Forest
- Costa Rican Rainforest
Related snakes
- Costa Rican Glasstail Snake Urotheca pachyura
- Red-headed Glasstail Urotheca fulviceps
- Urotheca dumerilli
- Talamanca Glasstail Snake Urotheca myersi
- Ribboned Brittle-Snake Urotheca lateristriga
- Urotheca multilineata
- Striped glasstail Urotheca guentheri
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.