Ringneck Coffee Snake (Ninia diademata) Baird & Girard, 1853

 

Synonyms: Streptophorus bifasciatus, Streptophorus labiosus, Ninia labiosa, Ninia lansberi, Ninia atrata

 

 

Ninia diademata is a small snake that ranges from eastern Mexico (Quéretaro, Puebla, and Veracruz) to western Honduras; four subspecies. It inhabits leaf litter and rotten wood in subtropical and tropical forest, manmade savanna, and coffee plantations (up to 2,200 m). This species feeds mainly on earthworms, slugs, and snails.

 

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