Photo of a Venezuela Snail-eater (Dipsas latifrontalis)
Photo: Rafael Gianni-Zurita, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Venezuela Snail-eater

Dipsas latifrontalis

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Dipsas
Continents
South America
Countries
3
How common
Rare

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About

Venezuela Snail-eater (Dipsas latifrontalis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, cloud forest, mountain forest and 3 more. Rare: recorded in only 1 place 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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