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    Species Accepted

    Atractus erythromelas Boulenger, 1903

    Red-black Ground Snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Atractus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      2 results
      Red-black Ground Snake English
      Красно-чёрная веретеновидная змея Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      15 results
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      Esqueda, L.F., Rojas-Runjaic, F.J., Prudente, A.; Santos Bazó, Luis Fernando Navarrete, Edward Carmargo-Sillet, Juan Carlos Ortiz, Claudio Correa, Pablo Guerrero & Félix Urra. (2025). A first phylogenetic and taxonomic approach to sleepyhead snakes from Venezuela (Dipsadidae: Atractus), with the description of two new Andean species. Org Divers Evol.
      Roze, J. A. (1966). La Taxonomía y Zoogeografla de los Ofidios de Venezuela. Univ. Central Venezuela, 362 Pp.
      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.
      Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy. (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue]. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 Pp.
      RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK. (2012). Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
      Kornacker, P. M. (1999). Checklist and key to the snakes of Venezuela. PaKo-Verlag, Rheinbach, Germany, 270 Pp.
      Esqueda, L.F. & E. La Marca. (2005). Revisión taxonómica y biogeográfica (con descripción de cinco nuevas especies) de serpientes del género Atractus (Colubridae: Dipsadinae) en los Andes de Venezuela. Herpetotropicos 2 (1): 1-32.
      Roze, Jánis A. (1961). El genero Atractus (Serpentes: Colubridae) en Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 3 (7): 103-119.

      Citation

      Atractus erythromelas Boulenger, 1903 in undefined