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title: "Forest Flame Snake"
description: "Oxyrhopus petolarius — Reptilien. Oxyrhopus petolarius, commonly known as the forest flame snake, is a species of mildly venomous snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/forest-flame-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Forest Flame Snake

> Oxyrhopus petolarius — Reptilien. Oxyrhopus petolarius, commonly known as the forest flame snake, is a species of mildly venomous snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Oxyrhopus petolarius*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptilien)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `jungle` (Dschungel)
- iNaturalist observations: 2078
- Wikidata: [Q265554](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q265554)
- iNaturalist taxon: [146320](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/146320)

## Names

- en: Forest Flame Snake
- es: Culebra encendida de Cálico
- fr: Oxyrhope madras
- nl: Oxyrhopus petola
- pl: Ognistoskroniec północny

## Countries with the most observations

CO (500), EC (414), CR (253), BR (235), PE (136), TT (105), PA (69), GF (35), MX (31), NI (31), HN (27), VE (24)

## Summary

Oxyrhopus petolarius, commonly known as the forest flame snake, is a species of mildly venomous snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central and South America. There are three recognized subspecies.

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

## Photo

![Forest Flame Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/forest-flame-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zygy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197756027

## Machine access

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