Photo of a Red-headed Glasstail (Urotheca fulviceps)
Photo: Jose Guerrero, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Red-headed Glasstail

Urotheca fulviceps

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Urotheca
Continents
South America, North America
Countries
5
How common
Recorded in 27 places on iNaturalist

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About

Red-headed Glasstail (Urotheca fulviceps) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, cloud forest, mountain forest and 3 more. Recorded in 27 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

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