Wucherer's Lizard-eating Snake
Elapomorphus wuchereri
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Elapomorphus
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Recorded in 8 places on iNaturalist
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Wucherer's Lizard-eating Snake (Elapomorphus wuchereri) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Brazil. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical dry forest, tropical seasonal forest and 18 more. Recorded in 8 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 Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Coastal Forest
- Open Woodland
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Shrubland
- Scrubland
- Underground Burrows
- Loose Soil
- Coastal Scrub
- Atlantic Rainforest
- Cerrado Savanna
- Caatinga Dry Forest
- Coastal Restinga
Related snakes
- Raddi's Lizard-eating Snake Elapomorphus quinquelineatus
- 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
- Tantilla gottei
- Cunene Racer Mopanveldophis zebrinus
- Taylor's Racer Platyceps taylori
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.