Photo of a Poppyfield Snailsucker (Tropidodipsas papavericola)
Photo: Chris Gruenwald Herp.mx, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Poppyfield Snailsucker

Tropidodipsas papavericola

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Tropidodipsas
Continents
North America
Countries
1
How common
Rare

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About

Poppyfield Snailsucker (Tropidodipsas papavericola) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Mexico. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, cloud forest, tropical dry forest and 6 more. Rare: recorded in only 1 place 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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