Photo of a Snake-Eater Wolf Snake (Lycodon ophiophagus)
Photo: mintkhaosok, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Snake-Eater Wolf Snake

Lycodon ophiophagus

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Lycodon
Continents
Asia
Countries
1
How common
Recorded in 6 places on iNaturalist
Diet
Eats other snakes

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About

Snake-Eater Wolf Snake (Lycodon ophiophagus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Thailand. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 8 more. Recorded in 6 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.

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