Spotted Coffee Snake
Ninia maculata
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Ninia
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 6
- How common
- Common
About
Spotted Coffee Snake (Ninia maculata) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and 1 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 13 more. Common: recorded in 111 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
- Mountain Slopes
- Leaf Litter
- Fallen Logs
- Mesoamerican Rainforest
- Central American Cloud Forest
- Central American Dry Forest
- Costa Rican Rainforest
- Panamanian Rainforest
Related snakes
- Costa Rica Coffee Snake Ninia celata
- Cope's Coffee Snake Ninia psephota
- Espinal's Coffee Snake Ninia espinali
- Hallowell's Coffee Snake Ninia atrata
- Northern Banded Coffee Snake Ninia pavimentata
- Ringneck Coffee Snake Ninia diademata
- Redback Coffee Snake Ninia sebae
- Hudson's Coffee Snake Ninia hudsoni
- Ninia teresitae
- Simla Coffeesnake Ninia franciscoi
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.