Semiornate Smooth Snake

About

Semiornate Smooth Snake (Meizodon semiornatus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Botswana, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and 9 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical seasonal forest, coastal forest, woodland, dry woodland and 13 more. Recorded in 13 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

• Botswana
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

• Tropical Seasonal Forest
• Coastal Forest
• Woodland
• Dry Woodland
• Open Woodland
• Scrub Forest
• Thorn Forest
• Savanna
• Tropical Savanna
• Dry Savanna
• Semi-Desert
• Coastal Scrub
• East African Coastal Forest
• Miombo Woodland
• Mopane Woodland
• Sudanian Savanna
• Sahel Shrubland

Related snakes

• Eastern Crowned Smooth Snake Meizodon regularis
• Tana Delta Smooth Snake Meizodon krameri
• Black-headed Smooth Snake Meizodon plumbiceps
• Western Crowned Snake Meizodon coronatus
• 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