Photo of a Sulawesi Black Racer (Ptyas dipsas)
Photo: Alpian Maleso, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Sulawesi Black Racer

Ptyas dipsas

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Ptyas
Continents
Asia
Countries
1
How common
Recorded in 14 places on iNaturalist

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About

Sulawesi Black Racer (Ptyas dipsas) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Indonesia. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 12 more. Recorded in 14 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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