Ninia atrata

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.

Ninia atrata
Scientific classification
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

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 and termites.[3]

Reproduction

N. atrata is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. 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. 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).

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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