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title: "Culebra de Labios Rojos"
description: "Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia — Reptiles. Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia, commonly known as the herald snake or the red-lipped snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/red-lipped-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Culebra de Labios Rojos

> Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia — Reptiles. Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia, commonly known as the herald snake or the red-lipped snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2396
- Wikidata: [Q3003840](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3003840)
- iNaturalist taxon: [82808](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82808)

## Names

- en: Red-lipped Snake
- de: Weißlippen-Schlange
- es: Culebra de Labios Rojos

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1727), MW (124), TZ (82), KE (71), MZ (63), ZW (43), ZM (34), CD (16), GH (16), NG (13), UG (12), CI (10)

## Summary

Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia, commonly known as the herald snake or the red-lipped snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.

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

## Photo

![Culebra de Labios Rojos](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-lipped-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: jordaan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/187381883

## Machine access

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