Photo of a Yellowbelly Worm-eating Snake (Trachischium tenuiceps)
Photo: Rinzin Dorji, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Yellowbelly Worm-eating Snake

Trachischium tenuiceps

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Trachischium
Continents
Asia
Countries
3
How common
Rare

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About

Yellowbelly Worm-eating Snake (Trachischium tenuiceps) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Bhutan, India, Nepal. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, tropical seasonal forest, subtropical forest and 9 more. Rare: recorded in only 1 place 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.

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