Photo of a Short-tailed Snake (Lampropeltis extenuata)
Photo: Tommy Hamrick, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Short-tailed Snake

Lampropeltis extenuata

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Constrictor
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Lampropeltis
Continents
North America
Countries
1
How common
Recorded in 13 places on iNaturalist
Diet
Eats other snakes

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About

Short-tailed Snake (Lampropeltis extenuata) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in United States. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as subtropical forest, broadleaf forest, pine forest, forest edges and 7 more. Recorded in 13 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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