Photo of a Underwood's Tree Snake (Dipsadoboa underwoodi)
Photo: Marius Burger, CC0, via iNaturalist

Underwood's Tree Snake

Dipsadoboa underwoodi

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Dipsadoboa
Continents
Africa
Countries
11
How common
Recorded in 5 places on iNaturalist

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About

Underwood's Tree Snake (Dipsadoboa underwoodi) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Benin, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana and 6 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 2 more. Recorded in 5 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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