Slaty-grey snake
Stegonotus australis
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Stegonotus
- Continents
- Oceania
- Countries
- 2
- How common
- Common
About
Slaty-grey snake (Stegonotus australis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Australia, Papua New Guinea. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical seasonal forest and 26 more. Common: recorded in 128 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 Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Eucalyptus Forest
- Woodland
- Dry Woodland
- Open Woodland
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Dry Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Coastal Scrub
- New Guinea Lowland Rainforest
- New Guinea Montane Rainforest
- Queensland Tropical Rainforest
- Queensland Wet Tropics
- Australian Eucalyptus Woodland
Related snakes
- Semau Island groundsnake Stegonotus lividus
- Ayamaru Groundsnake Stegonotus ayamaru
- Kei Island Groundsnake Stegonotus keyensis
- Purari Groundsnake Stegonotus aplini
- Dark-headed Sabah Groundsnake Stegonotus caligocephalus
- Timor Ground Snake Stegonotus nancuro
- Bornean Black Snake Stegonotus borneensis
- Bismark Ground Snake Stegonotus heterurus
- Diehl’s Little Ground Snake Stegonotus diehli
- Batjan Frog-eating Snake Stegonotus batjanensis
- Slatey-grey Snake (parvus) Stegonotus parvus
- Milne Bay Ground Snake Stegonotus guentheri
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.