Shropshire's Puffing Snake
Phrynonax shropshirei
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Phrynonax
- Continents
- South America, North America
- Countries
- 5
- How common
- Common
About
Shropshire's Puffing Snake (Phrynonax shropshirei) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 13 more. Common: recorded in 82 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
- Puffing Snake Phrynonax poecilonotus
- Northeastern Puffing Snake Phrynonax polylepis
- 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
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.