Photo of a Yucatán White-lipped Snake (Symphimus mayae)
Photo: Pedro E. Nahuat-Cervera, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Yucatán White-lipped Snake

Symphimus mayae

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Symphimus
Continents
North America
Countries
3
How common
Recorded in 47 places on iNaturalist

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About

Yucatán White-lipped Snake (Symphimus mayae) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical dry forest and 3 more. Recorded in 47 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.

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