Tricolored Burrowing Snake
Phalotris tricolor
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Phalotris
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 4
- How common
- Recorded in 7 places on iNaturalist
About
Tricolored Burrowing Snake (Phalotris tricolor) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, subtropical forest, subtropical dry forest and 17 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.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Subtropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Coastal Forest
- Woodland
- Dry Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Wet Savanna
- Semi-Desert
- Mountain Slopes
- Underground Burrows
- Loose Soil
- Coastal Scrub
- Atlantic Rainforest
- Andean Yungas
- Pantanal Wetlands
- Gran Chaco Woodland
- Coastal Restinga
Related snakes
- Phalotris shawnella
- Phalotris illustrator
- Phalotris concolor
- São Paulo Reticulated Collared Snake Phalotris mertensi
- Phalotris nasutus
- Cuyan Burrowing Snake Phalotris cuyanus
- Phalotris multipunctatus
- Enparaguayan Burrowing Snake Phalotris nigrilatus
- Mato Grosso Burrowing Snake Phalotris matogrossensis
- Lip-spotted Collared Snake Phalotris labiomaculatus
- Phalotris lativittatus
- Dumeril's Diadem Snake Phalotris lemniscatus
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.