Sharptail Snake
Contia tenuis
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Contia
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 2
- How common
- Common
About
Sharptail Snake (Contia tenuis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Canada, United States. It lives in habitats such as temperate rainforest, temperate coniferous forest, montane woodland, mountain forest and 5 more. Common: recorded in 498 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
- Forest Sharp-tailed Snake Contia longicauda
- 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
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.