Photo of a Thirteen-scaled Green Snake (Philothamnus carinatus)
Photo: Ryan van Huyssteen, CC BY, via iNaturalist

Thirteen-scaled Green Snake

Philothamnus carinatus

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Philothamnus
Continents
Africa
Countries
20
How common
Recorded in 7 places on iNaturalist

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About

Thirteen-scaled Green Snake (Philothamnus carinatus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo and 15 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 22 more. Recorded in 7 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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