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Photo by jagetsy
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Field Notes

Description:

I saw this little snake under a lodge in the Amazon Rainforest in the Tambopata province of Western Peru. It posed for pictures for a little while before escaping into a hole that I was told it dug earlier.

Habitat:

Amazon Rainforest, burrows

Notes:

It looks like it mimics the coral snake, but it doesn't have stripes throughout its whole body.

Species ID Suggestions

Tschudi's false coral snake

Oxyrhopus melanogenys

Reference Link
Scott Frazier
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Comments (3)
jagetsy
Thanks for the tip! It looks like Clelia clelia but the stripes are down the body a bit. Apparently Clelia (mussarana) snakes change color as they age but I haven't found another picture that looks quite like this one. It's probably a juvenile and the adult looks different.
LarryGraziano
Sure looks like a type of Clelia snake. I am no expert. Nice spotting!
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PublishedAugust 28, 2013

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