Photo of a Ridgehead Snake (Manolepis putnami)
Photo: nasua, CC BY, via iNaturalist

Ridgehead Snake

Manolepis putnami

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Manolepis
Continents
North America
Countries
1
How common
Common

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About

Ridgehead Snake (Manolepis putnami) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Mexico. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 11 more. Common: recorded in 81 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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