Vine Snakes
Oxybelis
Oxybelis is a genus of colubrid snakes, endemic to the Americas, which are commonly known as vine snakes. Though similar in appearance to the Asian species of vine snakes of the genus Ahaetulla, they are not related, and are an example of convergent evolution.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species
Green Vine Snake
speciesOxybelis fulgidus
Köhler’s Vine Snake
speciesOxybelis koehleri
Thornscrub Vine Snake
speciesOxybelis microphthalmus
Cope's Vine Snake
speciesOxybelis brevirostris
brown vine snake
speciesOxybelis aeneus
Striped Vine Snake
speciesOxybelis vittatus
Rutherford's Vine Snake
speciesOxybelis rutherfordi
Gulf Coast Vine Snake
speciesOxybelis potosiensis
Trans-Andean Vine Snake
speciesOxybelis transandinus
Roatán Vinesnake
speciesOxybelis wilsoni
Oxybelis inkaterra
speciesOxybelis inkaterra
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 29176.