Blind Ground Snake
Erythrolamprus typhlus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledCobra-Lisa (por) · Cobra-Verde (por) · Cobra-de-Capim (por) · Corredeira-Verde (por) · Couleuvre enfumée (La) (fra) · Couresse verdâtre (fra) · Fløjlsglatsnog (dan) · Grüne Glattnatter (deu) · Grüne Goldbauchnatter (deu) · Jararaquinha-Verde (por) · Parelheira (por)
First described in: Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.
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distribution
Distribution. Known from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, mainly at forested biomes (Plt. 388 A). In Brazil, widespread in Amazonia and the southern portion of the Atlantic Forest, with scattered records in the Cerrado, Pantanal and Chiquitano Dry Forest (Plt. 388 A), mostly at low elevations (Plt. 388 B). Previous map and taxonomy in Dixon (1989). Observed in the field in forest, dry forest, and disturbed areas (Cunha and Nascimento, 1993; Martins and Oliveira, 1998; Marques et al., 2001).
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 8151938.