Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Snake Palm

Anostirus castaneus compared with Caryota ophiopellis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Snake Palm is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Snake Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Elateridae	Arecaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Caryota
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Caryota ophiopellis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Snake Palm

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Snake Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Snake Palm

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

The Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle (Anostirus castaneus) is a species in the genus Anostirus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.