Reptiles & amphibians · La Saladita, Guerrero

brown vine snake

Oxybelis aeneus

Spanish: Bejuquilla

brown vine snake (Oxybelis aeneus)
Photographed by vitu_leao_ on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC · taken in Manaus - AM, Brasil, not near La Saladita

Oxybelis aeneus, commonly known as the Mexican vine snake or brown vine snake, is a species of colubrid snake, which is endemic to the Americas.

TaxonomyReptilia › Squamata › Colubridae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records598 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “brown vine snake (Oxybelis aeneus) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/oxybelis-aeneus/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.