Puffing Snake
Phrynonax poecilonotus
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Phrynonax
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 8
- How common
- Common
About
Puffing Snake (Phrynonax poecilonotus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and 3 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 23 more. Common: recorded in 324 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.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Pine Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Scrubland
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Semi-Desert
- Desert Scrub
- Mountain Slopes
- Highlands
- Plateaus
- Chocó Rainforest
- Chihuahuan Desert
- Mesoamerican Rainforest
- Central American Cloud Forest
- Central American Dry Forest
Related snakes
- Shropshire's Puffing Snake Phrynonax shropshirei
- Northeastern Puffing Snake Phrynonax polylepis
- 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
- Tantilla gottei
- Cunene Racer Mopanveldophis zebrinus
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.