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Psomophis obtusus

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Species of snake

Psomophis obtusus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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

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

References

  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

  • 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 : 100–106. (Rhadinæa obtusa, new species, pp. 101–102).
Taxon identifiers
Psomophis obtusus
Rhadinaea obtusa


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