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title: "Rote Kaffeeschlange"
description: "Ninia sebae — Reptilien. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/red-coffee-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rote Kaffeeschlange

> Ninia sebae — Reptilien. 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.

- Scientific name: *Ninia sebae*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptilien)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `jungle` (Dschungel)
- iNaturalist observations: 2125
- Wikidata: [Q3341997](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3341997)
- iNaturalist taxon: [29285](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/29285)

## Names

- en: Red Coffee Snake
- de: Rote Kaffeeschlange
- es: Culebra de cafetal espalda roja

## Countries with the most observations

MX (663), CR (474), HN (378), BZ (214), GT (165), NI (41), SV (30), PA (11)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Rote Kaffeeschlange](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-coffee-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: geralg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62213866

## Machine access

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