Schlegel's Golden Snake
Cercophis auratus
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Cercophis
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 3
- How common
- Recorded in 8 places on iNaturalist
About
Schlegel's Golden Snake (Cercophis auratus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical dry forest and 14 more. Recorded in 8 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 Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Coastal Forest
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Shrubland
- Scrubland
- Coastal Scrub
- Amazon Rainforest
- Amazon Lowland Rainforest
- Amazon Terra Firme Forest
- Atlantic Rainforest
- Guiana Shield Rainforest
- Caatinga Dry Forest
- Coastal Restinga
Related snakes
- Zhao's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis zhaoermii
- Atractus dapsilis
- de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
- Hognose Lineate Blackhead Apostolepis lineata
- Tantilla stenigrammi
- Semau Island groundsnake Stegonotus lividus
- Thomas' Racer Pseudalsophis thomasi
- Erythrolamprus rochai
- Tantilla gottei
- Cunene Racer Mopanveldophis zebrinus
- Taylor's Racer Platyceps taylori
- Yucatan Rat Snake Pseudelaphe phaescens
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.