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title: "Green Vine Snake"
description: "Oxybelis fulgidus — Reptiles. Oxybelis fulgidus, commonly known as the green vine snake, is a species of slender, arboreal, opisthoglyphous ('rear-fanged') colubrid serpent which is endemic to Central America and northern South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/green-vine-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green Vine Snake

> Oxybelis fulgidus — Reptiles. Oxybelis fulgidus, commonly known as the green vine snake, is a species of slender, arboreal, opisthoglyphous ('rear-fanged') colubrid serpent which is endemic to Central America and northern South America.

- Scientific name: *Oxybelis fulgidus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1446
- Wikidata: [Q619964](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619964)
- iNaturalist taxon: [29178](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/29178)

## Names

- en: Green Vine Snake
- de: Glanzspitznatter
- es: Culebra bejuquilla verde
- fr: Liane vert
- nl: Groene spitsneusslang
- pl: Wąż ostrogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

MX (442), BR (184), CR (182), GF (82), HN (70), PA (68), BZ (42), PE (36), NI (31), CO (30), GT (29), EC (22)

## Summary

Oxybelis fulgidus, commonly known as the green vine snake, is a species of slender, arboreal, opisthoglyphous ('rear-fanged') colubrid serpent which is endemic to Central America and northern South America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxybelis_fulgidus

## Photo

![Green Vine Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-vine-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jaime Alexander Cedeño · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3949503

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-vine-snake?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).