Ninia atrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Ninia
Species:
N. atrata
Binomial name
Ninia atrata
(Hallowell, 1848)
Synonyms[2]
  • Coluber atratus
    Hallowell, 1845
  • Ninia atrata
    — Cope, 1860
  • Streptophorus atratus
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Ninia atrata
    — J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970

Ninia atrata, known commonly as Hallowell's coffee snake, Hallowell's earth snake, the red-nape snake, and the South American coffee snake, is a species of small terrestrial snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to southern Central America and northern South America.

Geographic range

N. atrata is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of N. atrata are forest and savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).[1]

Diet

N. atrata is believed to feed on insect larvae, termites and slugs.[3][4]

Reproduction

N. atrata is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Ibáñez R, Ines Hladki A, Jaramillo C, Ramírez Pinilla M, Renjifo J, Urbina N, Schargel W, Rivas G, Murphy J (2016). "Ninia atrata (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203548A115350814. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203548A2768302.en. Downloaded on 20 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Species Ninia atrata at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. College Station, Texas: Texas A & M University Press. xvi + 270 pp. + Plates 1-48. ISBN 1-58544-116-3. (Ninia atrata, p. 116 + Plate 30).
  4. ↑ https://sta.uwi.edu/fst/lifesciences/sites/default/files/lifesciences/documents/ogatt/Ninia_atrata%20-%20Coffee%20Snake.pdf

Further reading

  • Angarita-Sierra T (2017). "Ninia atrata (Hallowell 1845), Viejita". Catálogo de anfibios y reptiles de Colombia 3 (2): 30–37. (in Spanish).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Ninia atrata, p. 104).
  • Hallowell E (1845). "Description of Reptiles from South America, supposed to be new". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2: 241–247. (Coluber atratus, new species, pp. 245–246).
  • La Marca E, Esqueda LF, Manzanilla J (2004). "[Geographic Distribution:] Ninia atrata (Hallowell's Earth Snake; Culebra de Tierra; Viejita)". Herpetological Review 35 (2): 192.
  • https://serpientesdevenezuela.org/ninia-atrata/


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