Red Coffee Snake
Ninia sebae
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,177
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Ninia sebae, commonly known as the redback coffee snake or the red coffee snake, is a species of small terrestrial snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to southeastern Mexico and Central America south to Costa Rica. Although it resembles some venomous coral snakes in color and size, it is not venomous and rarely bites humans.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Ninia sebae”.