Three-lined Ground Snake
Atractus trilineatus Wagler, 1828
Also calledDreistreifen-Erdnatter (deu) · Venezuelansk Trestribet Tensnog (dan) · Трёхлинейчатый атрактус (rus)
First described in: Wagler, J. Auszüge aus seinem Systema Amphibiorum.
Atractus trilineatus, commonly known as the three-lined ground snake, is a species of small burrowing snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to South America.
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distribution
Distribution. Known from Brazil, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela on the Guiana Shield (Plt. 189 A). In Brazil, restricted to Amazonia, north of the Amazon River (Plt. 189 A), at low elevations (Plt. 189 B). Observed in the field in forest (Cunha and Nascimento, 1980; Hoogmoed, 1980; Martins and Oliveira, 1993).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
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Description
A. trilineatus may attain a total length of 225 mm (8+3⁄4 in), including a short tail of 15 mm (1⁄2 in). Dorsally, it is brown with three or four darker longitudinal stripes; ventrally it is either uniform white, or has a few brown dots. The smooth dorsal scales are in 15 rows, and the anal plate is entire. The ventrals number 125–150, and subcaudals only 11–19.
Range & habitat
A. trilineatus is found in northern South America, including the Caribbean island of Trinidad.
What it does
A. trilineatus is believed to prey upon soft-bodied insects and earthworms, as well as fish and tadpoles.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5223983.