Atractus werneri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Atractus |
Species: | A. werneri |
Binomial name | |
Atractus werneri Peracca, 1914 | |
Atractus werneri, Werner's ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species can be found in Colombia. [2]
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Franz Josef Maria Werner was an Austrian zoologist and explorer. Specializing as a herpetologist and entomologist, Werner described numerous species and other taxa of frogs, snakes, insects, and other organisms.
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