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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusAtractus
Atractus badius
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Boie's Ground Snake

Atractus badius (Boie, 1827)

Also calledAtracte bai (L') (fra) · Atractus faux-corail, Faux corail (fra) · Cobra-da-Terra (por) · Fura-Terra (por)

First described in: Boie, F. Bemerkungen über Merrem’s Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution. Known from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname on the Guiana Shield (Plt. 154 A). In Brazil, restricted to northeastern Amazonia, north of the Amazon River (Plt. 154 A), at low elevations (Plt. 154 B). Observed in the field in primary and secondary forest (Hoogmoed, 1980).

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 7864807.