''Sibon nebulatus'', commonly known as the cloudy snail-eating snake, is a species of small, slender arboreal snake which is found in southern Mexico, Central America, northern South America, Isla Margarita, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Description

The body colour of ''S. nebulatus'' varies from grey to brown with dark brown irregular ring-like crossbands. These crossbands are edged by fine, irregular, beige spots. The belly ranges from white to beige, speckled with tiny dark brown points. The

labial scale The labial scales are the scales of snakes and other scaled reptiles that border the mouth opening. These do not include the median scales on the upper and lower jawsWright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates ( ...

on the upper lip behind the eye is enlarged. In

cloud forests A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud ...

of northwestern Ecuador, ''S. nebulatus'' is often confused with another snake, the Elegant Snail-Eater (''

Dipsas elegans ''Dipsas elegans'' is a non- venomous snake found in Ecuador. References Dipsas Snakes of South America Endemic fauna of Ecuador Reptiles of Ecuador Reptiles described in 1896 Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger {{Dipsadinae-s ...

''), which can be distinguished by its pairs of narrow vertical bars between which there is a more pale bar, as opposed to the unpaired vertical bars of ''S. nebulatus''.

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