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title: "Erythrolamprus epinephelus"
description: "Erythrolamprus epinephalus — Répteis. Erythrolamprus epinephalus, the Fire-bellied snake, is a species of snake in the Colubridae family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/fire-bellied-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Erythrolamprus epinephelus

> Erythrolamprus epinephalus — Répteis. Erythrolamprus epinephalus, the Fire-bellied snake, is a species of snake in the Colubridae family.

- Scientific name: *Erythrolamprus epinephalus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 1273
- Wikidata: [Q3242032](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3242032)
- iNaturalist taxon: [539680](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/539680)

## Names

- en: Fire-bellied Snake
- de: Feuerbauch-Glattnatter
- es: Culebra de Pantano
- fr: Erythrolamprus epinephelus
- it: Erythrolamprus epinephelus
- pt: Erythrolamprus epinephelus
- pl: Erythrolamprus epinephelus

## Countries with the most observations

CO (650), EC (272), CR (93), PA (89)

## Summary

Erythrolamprus epinephalus, the Fire-bellied snake, is a species of snake in the Colubridae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru. The snake, which was described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1862, is notable for its apparent immunity to the toxic skin of the golden poison dart frog, which it preys upon.

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

## Photo

![Erythrolamprus epinephelus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fire-bellied-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel van der Post · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73138840

## Machine access

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