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Tropical Flat Snake
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Snakes

Tropical Flat Snake

Siphlophis compressus (Daudin, 1803)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishTropical Flat Snake
Dutch—
SpanishCulebra arbórea de ojos rojos
Chinese扁头疾蛇
Sranan Tongosneki (general name for the group)
Scientific nameSiphlophis compressus (Daudin, 1803)

About this species

Siphlophis compressus the tropical flat snake, is a snake found in tropical Central and South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It feeds on small lizards, other snakes, small mammals and probably on frogs and nestling birds, as well as the eggs of nesting birds and lizards.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassSquamata
FamilyColubridae
GenusSiphlophis

In Suriname

24Records in Suriname
8iNaturalist observations
1968First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini4
  • Para2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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