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Psomophis obtusus

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Psomophis obtusus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Psomophis
Species:
P. obtusus
Binomial name
Psomophis obtusus
(Cope, 1863)

Psomophis obtusus, also known commonly as the wide ground snake and corredeira-do-banhado in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.

Geographic range[edit]

P. obtusus is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Arzamendia, V.; Giraudo, A.; Scott, N.; Scrocchi, G. (2019). "Psomophis obtusus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T174102A61317837. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Psomophis obtusus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading[edit]

  • Cope ED (1863). "Descriptions of new American SQUAMATA, in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia [15]: 100–106. (Rhadinæa obtusa, new species, pp. 101–102).