Tschudi's False Coral Snake
Oxyrhopus melanogenys
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Oxyrhopus
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 8
- How common
- Common
About
Tschudi's False Coral Snake (Oxyrhopus melanogenys) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana and 3 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 35 more. Common: recorded in 133 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 Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Gallery Forest
- Open Woodland
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Wet Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Shrubland
Related snakes
- Oxyrhopus emberti
- Bibron's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus doliatus
- Guibe's Flame Snake Oxyrhopus guibei
- Forest Flame Snake Oxyrhopus petolarius
- Fitzinger's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus fitzingeri
- Werner's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus leucomelas
- Amazon False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus rhombifer
- Duméril's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus clathratus
- Beautiful calico snake Oxyrhopus formosus
- Boulenger's False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus marcapatae
- Northern Calico Snake Oxyrhopus occipitalis
- Brazilian False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus trigeminus
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.