Snake family · Philippine snakes
Cyclocoridae
A small family of harmless snakes endemic to the Philippines.
About the Cyclocoridae family
Cyclocoridae is a recently recognized family of small, harmless Philippine snakes, including the triangle-spotted and other little-studied forest and leaf-litter species.
- Where they live
- The Philippines.
- How to recognize one
- Small, secretive snakes; identification is by region and genus.
- Danger to people
- Harmless.
Species (7)
Banded Philippine Burrowing SnakeOxyrhabdium leporinumHarmless
Dermal's Philippine Water SnakeHologerrhum dermaliHarmless
Northern Triangle-spotted SnakeCyclocorus lineatusHarmless
Philippine Cylindrical SnakeHologerrhum philippinumHarmless
Philippine Shrub SnakeOxyrhabdium modestumHarmless
Southern Triangle-spotted SnakeCyclocorus nuchalisHarmless- No photoLevitonius mirusHarmless
Genera in the Cyclocoridae family
3 genera with two or more species. Open one to read about the group and browse all its snakes.
Keep learning
- What Is a Snake? Anatomy and the BasicsA clear overview of what makes a snake a snake: limbless body plan, anatomy, evolution from lizards, species diversity, and why they are ectothermic.
- How Snakes Move, Hunt, and EatHow snakes move without legs, hunt as ambushers or active foragers, kill by constriction or venom, and swallow prey wider than their head.
- What Do Snakes Eat?All snakes are carnivores. Learn what snakes eat, how diet changes with size and age, how often they feed, and how they hunt and swallow prey.
- Venomous vs Nonvenomous: How to Tell the DifferenceThe folk rules for telling venomous snakes apart, where each one fails, and why location-based identification beats guessing by sight.