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Tiger Rat Snake

Spilotes pullatus

Description:

Its a large (up to 3 m) snake found in southern Central America, northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It is a non-venomous colubrid that tends to inhabit forested areas. It is arboreal in habit and feeds on a wide variety of prey, including small mammals, birds and lizards.

Habitat:

Zoo.

Notes:

The local zoo call me when they perform biometry processes with animals, so they can also see their progress through photographs. (they could do that, but they know I enjoy doing this :) )

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4 Comments

Sumukha Javagal
Sumukha Javagal 11 years ago

Fantastic..!

IvanRaga
IvanRaga 11 years ago

Maravillosas tomas de serpientes en el matecaña.

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

Thank you, Karen! :)

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Awesome! Love this!

Carolina
Spotted by
Carolina

Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia

Spotted on Feb 9, 2012
Submitted on Mar 21, 2012

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