Western Crowned Snake

About

Western Crowned Snake (Meizodon coronatus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad and 13 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 12 more. Recorded in 3 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Mali
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• South Sudan
• Togo
• Uganda

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
• Evergreen Forest
• Dry Woodland
• Open Woodland
• Scrub Forest
• Thorn Forest
• Savanna
• Tropical Savanna
• Dry Savanna
• Semi-Desert
• Congo Basin Rainforest
• Guinean Rainforest
• Sudanian Savanna
• Sahel Shrubland

Related snakes

• Semiornate Smooth Snake Meizodon semiornatus
• Eastern Crowned Smooth Snake Meizodon regularis
• Tana Delta Smooth Snake Meizodon krameri
• Black-headed Smooth Snake Meizodon plumbiceps
• Zhao's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis zhaoermii
• Atractus dapsilis
• de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
• Hognose Lineate Blackhead Apostolepis lineata
• Tantilla stenigrammi
• Semau Island groundsnake Stegonotus lividus
• Thomas' Racer Pseudalsophis thomasi
• Erythrolamprus rochai