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The Puffing Snake or Bird Snake, Phrynonax poecilonotus, raiding a bird nest in Panama. They prey on eggs and baby birds.
The Puffing Snake or Bird Snake, Phrynonax poecilonotus, raiding a bird nest in Panama. They prey on eggs and baby birds.
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Bird-eating Snake, Snakes of Panama
  • Americas
  • Bird-eating Snake - Phrynonax poecilonotus
  • Central America
  • Class Reptilia
  • Costa Rica
  • Family Colubridae
  • Jon Fuller Photography/NaturePhoto
  • LC- Least Concern IUCN Conservation Status
  • New World
  • New World species
  • Reptilia
  • Rights Managed
  • Suborder Serpentes
  • adult
  • aka Bird Snake
  • aka Puffing Snake
  • animal
  • arboreal
  • carnivore
  • carnivorous
  • close up
  • cold-blooded
  • color
  • colour
  • colubrid
  • constrictor
  • copyright Jon G. Fuller Jr
  • diurnal
  • eats bird eggs
  • ectothermic
  • fauna
  • forest
  • formerly Pseustes poecilonotus
  • herp
  • herptile
  • horizontal format
  • jungle
  • meat-eating
  • native to Central America
  • native to Mexico
  • native to South America
  • native to Trinidad and Tobago
  • natural world
  • nature
  • neotropical
  • non-venomous
  • nonvenomous
  • not dangerous to humans
  • outdoors
  • outside
  • poikilothermic
  • predator
  • predatory
  • preys on small terrestrial vertebrates
  • rain forest
  • rainforest
  • reptile
  • reptilian
  • serpent
  • snake
  • stock image
  • stock photography
  • synonym - Spilotes poecilonotus
  • tree-dwelling
  • tropical
  • wild
  • wildlife
  • young