Hudson's Coffee Snake

About the Hudson's Coffee Snake

Ninia hudsoni, also known commonly as the Guyana coffee snake and Hudson's coffee snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to northwestern South America. The specific name, hudsoni, is in honor of Mr. C.A. Hudson who collected the holotype of this species, as well as many entomological specimens, for the British Museum (Natural History).

N. hudsoni is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, and Peru. The preferred natural habitat of N. hudsoni is forest, at altitudes of 200–1,300 m (660–4,270 ft). A small snake species, N. hudsoni may attain a total length (including tail) of about 42 cm (17 in).

N. hudsoni is terrestrial, living in the leaf litter of the forest. N. hudsoni is oviparous. Lehr, Edgar (2002). Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 208 pp. ISBN 978-3931587680. (in German). Parker, H.W. (1940). "Undescribed Anatomical Structures and new Species of Reptiles and Amphibians". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 5: 257–274. (Ninia hudsoni, new species... Wikipedia →