Photo of a Snail-eating Thirst Snake (Dipsas brevifacies)
Photo: Wouter Beukema, CC BY, via iNaturalist

Snail-eating Thirst Snake

Dipsas brevifacies

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Dipsas
Continents
North America
Countries
3
How common
Common

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About

Snail-eating Thirst Snake (Dipsas brevifacies) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical dry forest and 3 more. Common: recorded in 104 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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