Photo of a Tropical Snail-eater (Dipsas sanctijoannis)
Photo: Oscar Marín, CC BY-SA, via iNaturalist

Tropical Snail-eater

Dipsas sanctijoannis

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Dipsas
Continents
South America
Countries
1
How common
Recorded in 42 places on iNaturalist

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About

Tropical Snail-eater (Dipsas sanctijoannis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Colombia. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 7 more. Recorded in 42 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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