Photo of a Red Whip Snake (rubescens) (Dryophiops rubescens)
Photo: Manuel Ruedi, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Red Whip Snake (rubescens)

Dryophiops rubescens

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Dryophiops
Continents
Asia
Countries
1
How common
Common

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About

Red Whip Snake (rubescens) (Dryophiops rubescens) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Indonesia. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 10 more. Common: recorded in 115 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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