Peten Centipede Snake (cuniculator)
Tantilla cuniculator
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Tantilla
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 3
- How common
- Recorded in 16 places on iNaturalist
About
Peten Centipede Snake (cuniculator) (Tantilla cuniculator) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical dry forest and 7 more. Recorded in 16 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
- Tantilla stenigrammi
- Tantilla gottei
- Chucantí Centipede Snake Tantilla berguidoi
- Tantilla excelsa
- Lydia’s Little Snake Tantilla lydia
- Ceboruco Centipede Snake Tantilla ceboruca
- Black Centipede Snake Tantilla nigra
- Banded Centipede Snake Tantilla supracincta
- Smith's Black-headed Snake Tantilla hobartsmithi
- Three-lined Centipede Snake (triseriata) Tantilla triseriata
- Michoacán Centipede Snake Tantilla cascadae
- Yaqui Black-headed Snake Tantilla yaquia
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.