Photo of a Spotted Coral Snake (Calliophis gracilis)
Photo: Albert Kang, CC BY-SA, via iNaturalist

Spotted Coral Snake

Calliophis gracilis

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Elapid
Family
Elapidae
Genus
Calliophis
Continents
Asia
Countries
4
How common
Rare
Diet
Eats other snakes

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About

Spotted Coral Snake (Calliophis gracilis) is a venomous elapid of the family Elapidae, found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 10 more. Rare: recorded in only 2 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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