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Reticulate Ground Snake
Atractus reticulatus
Atractus reticulatus, the reticulate ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The ecology and the biology of this species is poorly documented.
The species has been classified as least concern by the IUCN because it is widespread and has no known major threats. It eats worms.
From the article Atractus reticulatus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
A. reticulatus is a nocturnal species. It also exhibits variability in morphology and histochemistry for its infralabial glands which may reflect secretion constituent diversity and dietary specialization. One study found that the species shows sexual dimorphism in the number of ventrals and subcaudals, as well as sexual dimorphism in tail length. The study also found that in this species the females are larger in length, while the males are larger in range and mean.
What it does
There are few references regarding the species reproduction. But the species reproduces sexually by oviparous. The species is also gonochoric.
Wikipedia: “Reproduction”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 27836.