Coniophanes fissidens, the yellowbelly snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Brown Spotbelly Snake being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Dibernardia affinis
- Taeniophallus brevirostris
- Gongylosoma baliodeira
- Rhadinaea decorata
- Rhadinaea gaigeae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Coniophanes
- Species
- Coniophanes fissidens
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