#philodryas

[snototter]

A South American green racer (Philodryas olfersii) in Lago Ypacaraí, Paraguay

by Guillermo Menéndez

[markscherz]

Perhaps you would enjoy gazing upon this cute snake i saw at the zoo recently, they've got a snout

Ah yes, the beautiful Philodryas baroni—a mildly venomous snake sometimes confused with the harmless Gonyosoma boulengeri. Love me a snake with a snoot.

[mehelya]

Philodryas baroni

[nunoxaviermoreira]

Mousehole Snake - Philodryas trilineata by Jono Dashper Wildlife Playa Isla Escondida, Rawson, Chubut Province, Argentina Contact me on [email protected] for use of this image. https://flic.kr/p/2jyPq9Q

[mehelya]

Philodryas baroni

[mehelya]

Philodryas baroni

[libutron]

Striped Sharpnose Snake - Philodryas argentea

Formerly named Xenoxybelis argenteus, the Striped Sharpnose Snake, Philodryas argentea (Colubridae), is a semi-arboreal snake native to South America. This snake is characteristic by having two green and conspicuous lateral stripes, and a green, thin and less conspicuous stripe in the middle of the belly, with creamy white spaces between bands and margins bands. 

It is a medium sized snake, but with a long tail of up to 44% of the total length of the individual. The maximum total length in males is 130 cm and 133 cm in females.

References: [1] - [2] - [3]

Photo credit: ©Renato Gaiga | Locality: Rondonia, Brazil (2012)

[markscherz]

So in lamens terms, would a bite from the philodryas baroni kill you? Or would be as bad as a heterodon nasicus bite? (Wouldn't do anything at all.)

As far as I know there have been no severe envenomations, and certainly no deaths, but I would probably treat it with greater caution than H. nasicus even so. Heterodon nasicus has had some pretty nasty envenomations reported mind you.