Photo of a Xenopholis werdingorum (Xenopholis werdingorum)
Photo: Sebastian Doak, CC BY, via iNaturalist
Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Xenopholis
Continents
South America
Countries
2
How common
Rare

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About

Xenopholis werdingorum is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Bolivia, Brazil. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, subtropical dry forest and 13 more. Rare: recorded in only 2 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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