Red-tailed Pipe Snake
Cylindrophis ruffus
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Other
- Family
- Cylindrophiidae
- Genus
- Cylindrophis
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 8
- How common
- Common
About
Red-tailed Pipe Snake (Cylindrophis ruffus) is a non-venomous snake of the family Cylindrophiidae, found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and 3 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 21 more. Common: recorded in 79 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
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Underground Burrows
- Loose Soil
- Borneo Rainforest
- Borneo Lowland Rainforest
- Borneo Heath Forest
- Borneo Dipterocarp Forest
- Borneo Limestone Forest
- Sumatra Rainforest
- Sumatra Montane Rainforest
- Sumatra Peat Swamp Forest
- Malay Peninsula Rainforest
- Thailand Tropical Forest
- Indochina Dry Forest
- Java Rainforest
- Java Montane Forest
- Sulawesi Rainforest
Related snakes
- Boano Pipesnake Cylindrophis osheai
- Slowinski's pipe snake Cylindrophis slowinskii
- Blanford's Pipe Snake Cylindrophis lineatus
- Jampea Island Pipe Snake Cylindrophis isolepis
- Aru Cylinder Snake Cylindrophis aruensis
- Yamdena Pipe Snake Cylindrophis yamdena
- Black Pipe Snake Cylindrophis melanotus
- Engkari Pipe Snake Cylindrophis engkariensis
- Boulenger's Pipe Snake Cylindrophis boulengeri
- Island Pipe Snake Cylindrophis opisthorhodus
- Ceylonese Cylinder Snake Cylindrophis maculatus
- Cylindrophis subocularis
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.