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title: "Tropical Flat Snake"
description: "Siphlophis compressus — Gady. Siphlophis compressus the tropical flat snake, is a snake found in tropical Central and South America and Trinidad and Tobago."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/tropical-flat-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tropical Flat Snake

> Siphlophis compressus — Gady. Siphlophis compressus the  tropical flat snake, is a snake found in tropical Central and South America and Trinidad and Tobago.

- Scientific name: *Siphlophis compressus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 675
- Wikidata: [Q3485181](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3485181)
- iNaturalist taxon: [28656](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/28656)

## Names

- en: Tropical Flat Snake
- es: Culebra arbórea de ojos rojos
- fr: Siphlophide à tête orangée

## Countries with the most observations

EC (116), BR (113), CR (110), GF (83), TT (77), PE (75), CO (38), BO (15), SR (8), GY (6), PA (4), VE (3)

## Summary

Siphlophis compressus the  tropical flat snake, is a snake found in tropical Central and South America and Trinidad and Tobago.  It feeds on small lizards, other snakes, small mammals and probably on frogs and nestling birds, as well as the eggs of nesting birds and lizards.

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

## Photo

![Tropical Flat Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tropical-flat-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paulo Mascaretti · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/276775430

## Machine access

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