Sipo (flavopictus)
Chironius flavopictus
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Chironius
- Continents
- South America, North America
- Countries
- 4
- How common
- Common
About
Sipo (flavopictus) (Chironius flavopictus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 20 more. Common: recorded in 110 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 Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Mountain Slopes
- Highlands
- Valleys
- Roadsides
- Chocó Rainforest
- Andean Cloud Forest
- Mesoamerican Rainforest
- Central American Cloud Forest
- Central American Dry Forest
- Costa Rican Rainforest
- Panamanian Rainforest
Related snakes
- Uruguayan Sipo Chironius gouveai
- Two-headed Sipo Chironius bicarinatus
- Sipo (carinatus) Chironius carinatus
- Brazilian Sipo Chironius laevicollis
- Saint Vincent Racer Chironius vincenti
- Brown Sipo Chironius fuscus
- Chironius laurenti
- Central Sipo (quadricarinatus) Chironius quadricarinatus
- Linnaeus' Sipo Chironius exoletus
- Ecuador Sipo Chironius grandisquamis
- Mountain Sipo Chironius monticola
- Wagler's Sipo Chironius scurrulus
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.