Salmon-bellied racer
Mastigodryas melanolomus
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Mastigodryas
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 8
- How common
- Common
About
Salmon-bellied racer (Mastigodryas melanolomus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and 3 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 30 more. Common: recorded in 429 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
- Cloud Forest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Subtropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Pine Forest
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Scrubland
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Semi-Desert
- Desert Scrub
- Mountain Slopes
Related snakes
- Amaral's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas amarali
- Barbour's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas bruesi
- Clifton's Lizard Eater Mastigodryas cliftoni
- Daniel's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas danieli
- Plee's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas pleii
- Striped Lizard Eater Mastigodryas dorsalis
- Boddaert's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas boddaerti
- Heath's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas heathii
- Cope's Tropical Racer Mastigodryas pulchriceps
- Mastigodryas moratoi
- Mastigodryas reticulatus
- Central America Lizard Eater Mastigodryas alternatus
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.