| three-lined ground snake | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Xenodontinae |
| Genus: | Atractus |
| Species: | A. trilineatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Atracus trilineatus Wagler, 1828 |
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Atractus trilineatus, the three-lined ground snake, is a small burrowing colubrid snake.
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It is found in northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago.
Adults may attain 225 mm (8¾ inches) in total length, with a short tail, 15 mm (½ inch). Dorsally they are brown with three or four darker longitudinal sripes; ventrally they are either uniform white, or have a few brown dots. The smooth dorsal scales are in 15 rows, and the anal plate is entire. Ventrals are 125-150, and subcaudals only 11-19.[1]
They are believed to feed on soft-bodied insects and earthworms.
Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX.. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.