Cloudy Snail Eater

Species group: Insect-Eating Snakes

Other common names: Common Snail Eater; Cloudy Snail-Eating Snake; Slug-Eating Snake; Clouded Snail Sucker

Scientific name: Sibon Nebulatus

The basics:
The Cloudy Snail Eater is a very common and wide ranging snake species which is native from Veracruz, Mexico southward to Ecuador and Brazil. It lives in lowland forests and forest-edge habitats. It is nocturnal, and often found in low vegetation, where it feeds on snails. It pulls the snails from their shells with its elongated, delicate front teeth.

Appearance / health:
Maximum size is about 0.8 m, but most specimens are smaller, 400-600 mm. The Dipsadini have teeth that are relatively uniform in size and they tend to eat earthworms and mollusks.

Housing:
In captivity, Sibon Nebulatus do well at around 82F (28C) during the daytime, aand 68-72F (20-22C) at night.