
White-bellied Rat Snake
Ptyas fusca
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Ptyas
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 4
- How common
- Common
About
White-bellied Rat Snake (Ptyas fusca) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 30 more. Common: recorded in 117 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
- Evergreen Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Rocky Hillsides
- Rocky Outcrops
- Cliffs
- Gorges
- Mountain Slopes
- Valleys
- Rock Crevices
- Abandoned Buildings
- Roadsides
- Borneo Rainforest
- Borneo Lowland Rainforest
- Borneo Montane Rainforest
Related snakes
- Greater Green Snake Ptyas major
- Ryukyu Green Snake Ptyas semicarinata
- Sakishima Green Snake Ptyas herminae
- Many-banded Green Snake Ptyas multicincta
- Doria's Green Snake Ptyas doriae
- Indo-Chinese Rat Snake Ptyas korros
- Sulawesi Black Racer Ptyas dipsas
- Oriental Ratsnake Ptyas mucosa
- Black-striped Rat Snake Ptyas dhumnades
- Green Rat Snake (nigromarginata) Ptyas nigromarginata
- Smooth-scaled Mountain Rat Snake Ptyas luzonensis
- Keeled Rat Snake Ptyas carinata
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.