Photo of a Reinhardt's Burrowing Snake (Apostolepis assimilis)
Photo: Dan Riley, CC BY, via iNaturalist

Reinhardt's Burrowing Snake

Apostolepis assimilis

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Apostolepis
Continents
South America
Countries
3
How common
Recorded in 51 places on iNaturalist

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About

Reinhardt's Burrowing Snake (Apostolepis assimilis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical dry forest, tropical seasonal forest and 20 more. Recorded in 51 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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