Atractus major Boulenger, 1894 is a animal in the Colubridae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Atractus major Boulenger, 1894

Atractus major Boulenger, 1894

Atractus major (brown/big ground snake) is a colubrid snake found in five northern and central South American countries.

Family
Genus
Atractus
Order
Class
Squamata

About Atractus major Boulenger, 1894

Atractus major, commonly known as the brown ground snake or big ground snake, is a species of snake belonging to the family Colubridae. This species is distributed across Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, and Colombia.

Photo: (c) Matthieu Berroneau, all rights reserved, uploaded by Matthieu Berroneau

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Colubridae Atractus

More from Colubridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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