Peru Slender Snake
Tachymenis peruviana
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Tachymenis
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 4
- How common
- Recorded in 71 places on iNaturalist
About
Peru Slender Snake (Tachymenis peruviana) is a venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru. It lives in habitats such as tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, cloud forest and 12 more. Recorded in 71 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
- Slender Snake Tachymenis tarmensis
- Chilean Slender Snake Tachymenis chilensis
- Walker's Slender Snake Tachymenis attenuata
- Boulenger's Slender Snake Tachymenis affinis
- Zhao's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis zhaoermii
- Atractus dapsilis
- de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
- Hognose Lineate Blackhead Apostolepis lineata
- Tantilla stenigrammi
- Semau Island groundsnake Stegonotus lividus
- Thomas' Racer Pseudalsophis thomasi
- Erythrolamprus rochai
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.