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title: "Trinket Snake"
description: "Coelognathus helena — Reptielen. The trinket snake (Coelognathus helena), also known commonly as the common trinket snake, is a species of nonvenomous constricting snake in the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/trinket-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Trinket Snake

> Coelognathus helena — Reptielen. The trinket snake (Coelognathus helena), also known commonly as the common trinket snake, is a species of nonvenomous constricting snake in the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Coelognathus helena*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1172
- Wikidata: [Q280938](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q280938)
- iNaturalist taxon: [30264](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/30264)

## Names

- en: Trinket Snake
- de: Indische Schmucknatter

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1019), LK (64), NP (9)

## Summary

The trinket snake (Coelognathus helena), also known commonly as the common trinket snake, is a species of nonvenomous constricting snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to southern Central Asia.

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

## Photo

![Trinket Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/trinket-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: ABHINAV JEEVAN K · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/365956330

## Machine access

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