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title: "Guibe's Flame Snake"
description: "Oxyrhopus guibei — Rettili. Oxyrhopus guibei is a species of snake in the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/guibe-s-flame-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Guibe's Flame Snake

> Oxyrhopus guibei — Rettili. Oxyrhopus guibei is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Oxyrhopus guibei*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 902
- Wikidata: [Q3012243](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3012243)
- iNaturalist taxon: [29166](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/29166)

## Names

- en: Guibe's Flame Snake
- es: Falsa coral oscura

## Countries with the most observations

BR (811), AR (17), PY (11), BO (9)

## Summary

Oxyrhopus guibei is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America. It is often called the false coral snake, but this common name can refer to any of a long list of other species, genera, and even entire families of snakes. Many nonvenomous snakes have evolved coloration that mimics that of venomous true coral snakes, a trait which helps them avoid predation.

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

## Photo

![Guibe's Flame Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/guibe-s-flame-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/246362728

## Machine access

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