Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Northern Pencil 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
- Manolepis putnami
- Mimophis mahfalensis
- Dryophylax gambotensis
- Dryophylax hypoconia
- Psomophis genimaculatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Psammophiidae
- Genus
- Mimophis
- Species
- Mimophis occultus
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