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Potosí Centipede Snake
Tantilla shawi
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Tantilla
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Rare
About
Potosí Centipede Snake (Tantilla shawi) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Mexico. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 20 more. Rare: no confirmed iNaturalist sightings.
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
- Evergreen Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Scrubland
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Semi-Desert
- Desert Scrub
- Mountain Slopes
- Highlands
- Plateaus
- Underground Burrows
- Loose Soil
- Leaf Litter
- Fallen Logs
- Chihuahuan Desert
- Mesoamerican Rainforest
- Central American Cloud Forest
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.