Photo of a Patagonia Green Racer (Philodryas patagoniensis)
Photo: Ísis Meri Medri, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Patagonia Green Racer

Philodryas patagoniensis

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Philodryas
Continents
South America
Countries
5
How common
Common

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About

Patagonia Green Racer (Philodryas patagoniensis) is a venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical dry forest, tropical seasonal forest and 45 more. Common: recorded in 652 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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