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Animal profile

Brown Vine Snake

Oxybelis aeneus

ReptiliaDry forest, thorn scrub, forest edge and vegetated riverbanksLeast Concern

Field profile

The brown vine snake is an extraordinarily slender arboreal snake with a long pointed head, so thin that it can be mistaken for a hanging tendril. It hunts lizards by sight from among foliage. It is mildly venomous with rear fangs and is not regarded as dangerous to people.

Scope note

This is an editorial profile, not a diagnostic field-identification guide or a substitute for current conservation assessments. Follow the cited sources on each fact for the evidence trail.

Published field notes

2025-10-28

Brown Vine Snake

The vine snake sees along grooves in its snout

Vine snakes have horizontal keyhole-shaped pupils and a narrow groove running along each side of the snout, so both eyes can look forward past the head. The arrangement gives an unusually wide overlap of visual fields for a snake.

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Brown Vine Snake | Daily Animal Facts