Atractus trilineatus
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Atractus trilineatus, commonly known as the three-lined ground snake, is a species of small burrowing snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to South America.[1]
Geographic range
A. trilineatus is found in northern South America,[2] including the Caribbean island of Trinidad.[1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. trilineatus is forest and savanna, at altitudes from sea level to Template:Cvt, but it has also been found in agricultural and horticultural areas.[3]
Description
A. trilineatus may attain a total length of Script error: No such module "convert"., including a short tail of Script error: No such module "convert".. Dorsally, it is brown with three or four darker longitudinal stripes; ventrally it is either uniform white, or has a few brown dots. The smooth dorsal scales are in 15 rows, and the anal plate is entire. The ventrals number 125–150, and subcaudals only 11–19.[4]
Diet
A. trilineatus is believed to prey upon soft-bodied insects and earthworms,[5] as well as fish and tadpoles.[6]
Reproduction
A. trilineatus is oviparous.[1] Eggs are laid in March, May and August, and clutch size is three to five eggs.[6]
References
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- ↑ a b c Species Atractus trilineatus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. Template:ISBN. (Atractus trilineatus, p. 91).
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- ↑ Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Atractus trilineatus, p. 312).
- ↑ Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. College Station Texas: Texas A&M University Press. xvi + 328 pp. Template:ISBN. (Atractus trilineatus, p. 111 + Plate 26).
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Further reading
- Murphy JC, Salvi D, Braswell AL, Jowers MJ (2019). "Phylogenetic Position and Biogeography of Three-Lined Snakes (Atractus trilineatus: Squamata, Dipsadidae) in the Eastern Caribbean". Herpetologica 75 (3): 247–253.
- Murphy JC, Salvi D, Braswell AL, Jowers MJ (2020). "Morphology and natural history of three-lined snakes, Atractus trilineatus (Squamata, Dipsadidae), in the Eastern Caribbean". IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 26: 189–196.
- Snyder, Andrew M. (2016). "Atractus trilineatus (Three-lined Ground Snake). Predation". Herpetological Review 47 (2): 308.
- Wagler [JG] (1828). "Auszüge aus seinem [sic] Systema Amphibiorum ". Isis von Oken 21: 740–744. (Atractus trilineatus, new species, p. 742 + Plate X, Figures 1–4).