Photo of a Royal Ground Snake (Erythrolamprus reginae)
Photo: Jônatas M. Lima, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Royal Ground Snake

Erythrolamprus reginae

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Erythrolamprus
Continents
South America
Countries
10
How common
Common

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About

Royal Ground Snake (Erythrolamprus reginae) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana and 5 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 48 more. Common: recorded in 207 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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