Red tailed racer snake

Our red tailed racer snakes can be found in the Tropical House.

Red tailed racer snakeGonyosoma oxycephalum
  • Class:

    Reptiles

  • Order:

    Squamata

  • Family:

    Colubridae

About the Red tailed racer snake

Red tailed racer snakes inhabit primary and secondary forests of southeast Asia.

Their diet consists of rats, mice, birds, bats and lizards.

Conservation

Like many species from South East Asia, these snakes suffer due to the degradation of their habitat.

Interesting facts