Amazon Banded Snake

Amazon Banded Snake

Rhinobothryum lentiginosum

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Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
at Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
1 Verified sightings at Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve From 2019 to 2026
6 Verified sightings across all 4 parks From 2019 to 2026
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted Active throughout day and night

About the Amazon Banded Snake

Rhinobothryum lentiginosum, commonly known as the Amazon banded snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America. R. lentiginosum is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.

Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ)... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Rhinobothryum lentiginosum, pp. 82–83).

Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Rhinobothryum lentiginosum, p. 109). Rojas-Morales, Julián Andrés (2012). "On the geographic distribution of the false coral snake, Rhinobothryum bovallii (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), in Colombia – a biogeographical perspective". Salamandra 48 (4): 243–248.

Scopoli, Ioannes Antonius (1785). Deliciae Florae et Faunae Insubricae seu Novae, aut Minus Cognitae Species Plantarum et Animalium quas in Insubria Austriaca... Pars III [Volume... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
2 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
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3 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
4 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
Insufficient data
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