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Ringneck Coffee Snake

Ninia diademata

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 10, February 16, March 23, April 18, May 18, June 21, July 20, August 17, September 23, October 21, November 19, December 8.
Mexico214
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave146
Chiapas37
Puebla13
Guatemala12
Hidalgo10
Oaxaca6
Alta Verapaz5
Huehuetenango2
Quintana Roo1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyColubrid Snakes · Colubridae
GenusCoffee Snakes · Ninia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Ringneck Coffee Snake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.