Species

Atractus spinalis

Atractus spinalis · described by PASSOS, TEIXEIRA Jr, RECODER, DE SENA, DAL VECHIO, ARRUDA-PINTO, MENDONÇA, CASSIMIRO & RODRIGUES 2013

Atractus badius, a close relative of Atractus spinalis

Pictured: Atractus badius, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Atractus spinalis
First described
PASSOS, TEIXEIRA Jr, RECODER, DE SENA, DAL VECHIO, ARRUDA-PINTO, MENDONÇA, CASSIMIRO & RODRIGUES 2013
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Atractus

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree