Photo of a Tornier's Cat Snake (Crotaphopeltis tornieri)
Photo: John Lyakurwa, CC BY, via iNaturalist

Tornier's Cat Snake

Crotaphopeltis tornieri

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Crotaphopeltis
Continents
Africa
Countries
3
How common
Recorded in 15 places on iNaturalist

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About

Tornier's Cat Snake (Crotaphopeltis tornieri) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania. It lives in habitats such as tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, tropical seasonal forest and 13 more. Recorded in 15 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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