Erythrolamprus typhlus (Linnaeus, 1758) is a animal in the Colubridae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Erythrolamprus typhlus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Erythrolamprus typhlus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Erythrolamprus typhlus, the blind or velvet ground snake, is a South American colubrid snake found across multiple South American countries.

Family
Genus
Erythrolamprus
Order
Class
Squamata

About Erythrolamprus typhlus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Erythrolamprus typhlus, commonly called the blind ground snake or velvet ground snake, is a species of snake belonging to the Colubridae family. This species is native to South America, and has been recorded in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Bolivia.

Photo: (c) Nick Volpe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nick Volpe · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Colubridae Erythrolamprus

More from Colubridae

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

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