NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Reticulate Ground Snake
Atractus reticulatus (Boulenger, 1885)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Atractus reticulatus, the reticulate ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The ecology and the biology of this species is poorly documented.
The species has been classified as least concern by the IUCN because it is widespread and has no known major threats. It eats worms.
Wikipedia contributors, Atractus reticulatus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:35:27.187929+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Atractus reticulatus (Boulenger, 1885)
- Name authority
- (Boulenger, 1885)
- Common name
- Reticulate Ground Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Atractus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyColubridae
- subfamilyDipsadinae
- genusAtractus
- speciesAtractus reticulatus (Boulenger, 1885)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Atractus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Speckled Ground SnakeAtractus ventrimaculatus Boulenger, 1905 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atractus orcesi Savage, 1955 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atractus edioi da Silva, Rodrigues Silva, Ribeiro, Souza & DO Amaral Souza, 2005 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emigdio’s Ground SnakeAtractus emigdioi González-Sponga, 1971 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cerberus GroundsnakeAtractus cerberus Arteaga, Mebert, Valencia, Cisneros-Heredia, Peñafiel, Reyes-Puig, Vieira-Fernandes & Guayasamin, 2017 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indistinct GroundsnakeAtractus esepe Arteaga, Mebert, Valencia, Cisneros-Heredia, Peñafiel, Reyes-Puig, Vieira-Fernandes & Guayasamin, 2017 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atractus aboiporu Melo-Sampaio, Passos, Fouquet, Costa-Prudente & Torres-Carvajal, 2019 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atractus attenuatus Myers & Schargel, 2006 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atractus akerios Melo-Sampaio, Passos, Prudente, Venegas & Torres-Carvajal, 2021 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atractus nawa Melo-Sampaio, Passos, Prudente, Venegas & Torres-Carvajal, 2021 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atractus pachacamac Melo-Sampaio, Passos, Prudente, Venegas & Torres-Carvajal, 2021 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Discovery Ground Snake.Atractus discovery Arteaga, Quezada, Vieira & Guayasamin, 2022 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Atractus reticulatus scrocchii Alvarez et al., 1992 Alvarez et al., 1992 | synonym |
| Geophis reticulatus Boulenger, 1885 Boulenger, 1885 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Atractus&species=reticulatus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:67WBQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.