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    Species Accepted

    Atractus crassicaudatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

    Thickhead Ground Snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Atractus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Serpiente sabanera Spanish
      Serpiente tierrera Spanish
      Thickhead Ground Snake English
      Толстохвостая веретеновидная змея Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      19 results
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      Paternina, R. Felipe; Víctor H. Capera-M. (2017). Atractus crassicaudatus (Duméril, Bibron y Duméril 1854). Serpiente sabanera. Catálogo de Anfibios Y Reptiles de Colombia 3 (2): 7-13.
      Dunn, Emmett R. (1944). Herpetology of the Bogota area. Revista de La Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exacta, Fisicas Y Naturales 6: 68-81.
      Prado, A. (1940). Notas ofiológicas 4. Cinco especies novas de serpentes colombianas do genero Atractus W AGLER. Mem. Inst. Butantan, Sào Paulo 13 [1939]: 15-19 + 2 Plates.
      Smith, H. M. (1958). Handlist of the snakes of Panamá. Herpetologica 14: 222-224.
      Jan, G. (1865). Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 11. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris.
      Calderón-Espinosa, M. L., & Miguel Ángel Méndez-Galeano, A. M.-C. (2025). Thermal Biology of Squamate Reptiles in the High Mountains of the Northern Andes. In: Urbina-Cardona et al. (eds.) Andean Herpetofauna ... Springer-Nature, Pp. 233-258 [2026].
      Passos, P., & Arredondo, J. C. (2009). Rediscovery and redescription of the Andean earth-snake Atractus wagleri (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 1969: 59–68.
      Passos, P., Meneses-Pelayo, E., Ramos, L. O., Martins, A. R., Machado, A., Lopes, R. T., ... & Lynch, J. D. (2024). Taxonomy without borders: Revision of the genus Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Andes between Colombia and Venezuela. South American Journal of Herpetology, 32(sp1), 1-123.
      Pérez-Santos, C., & Moreno, A. G. (1988). Ofidios de Colombia. Museo Reegionale Di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 Pp.

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