Photo of a Flaming Ground Snake (Atractus flammigerus)
Photo: Sébastien SANT, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Flaming Ground Snake

Atractus flammigerus

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Atractus
Continents
South America
Countries
4
How common
Recorded in 24 places on iNaturalist

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About

Flaming Ground Snake (Atractus flammigerus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Brazil, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 8 more. Recorded in 24 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

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