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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusPsomophis
Psomophis obtusus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Wide Ground Snake

Psomophis obtusus (Cope, 1863)

Also calledCorredeira-do-Banhado (por) · Culebra Castaña de Vientre Rojo (spa)

First described in: Cope, E. D. Descriptions of new American Squamata in the Museum of the Smtihsonian Institution.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution. Known from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Plt. 346 A). In Brazil, widespread in the Pampas Grasslands (Plt. 346 A) at low elevations (Plt. 346 B). Observed in the field in grassland and disturbed areas (Yanosky et al., 1996).

Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2452666.