Photo of a Yellow-bellied Snake (Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus)
Photo: Roderick Peel, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Yellow-bellied Snake

Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Erythrolamprus
Continents
South America
Countries
8
How common
Common

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About

Yellow-bellied Snake (Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Paraguay and 3 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical dry forest and 63 more. Common: recorded in 691 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

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.