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Southwestern Forest Marsh Snake
Natriciteres bipostocularis
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Natriciteres
- Continents
- Africa
- Countries
- 5
- How common
- Rare
About
Southwestern Forest Marsh Snake (Natriciteres bipostocularis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical seasonal forest and 25 more. Rare: no confirmed iNaturalist sightings.
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
- Evergreen Forest
- Riverine Forest
- Gallery Forest
- Flooded Forest
- Woodland
- Open Woodland
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Wetlands
- Marshes
- Freshwater Marshes
- Swamps
- Freshwater Swamps
- Forested Swamps
- Seasonal Wetlands
- Rivers
- Streams
- Creeks
- Lakes
- Ponds
Related snakes
- Marsh Snake (fuliginoides) Natriciteres fuliginoides
- Variable Marsh Snake (variegata) Natriciteres variegata
- Forest Marsh Snake Natriciteres sylvatica
- Olive Marsh Snake Natriciteres olivacea
- Variable Marsh Snake (pembana) Natriciteres pembana
- 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
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.