Trinket Snake
Coelognathus helena
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Constrictor
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Coelognathus
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 6
- How common
- Common
About
Trinket Snake (Coelognathus helena) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and 1 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 28 more. Common: recorded in 106 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
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Woodland
- Dry Woodland
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Scrubland
- Desert
- Hot Desert
- Desert Scrub
- Mountain Slopes
Related snakes
- Reddish Rat Snake (erythrurus) Coelognathus erythrurus
- Radiated Ratsnake Coelognathus radiatus
- Yellow striped Snake Coelognathus flavolineatus
- Sunda Rat Snake Coelognathus subradiatus
- Reddish Rat Snake (philippinus) Coelognathus philippinus
- Enggano Rat Snake Coelognathus enganensis
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.