Psomophis obtusus

Psomophis obtusus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Psomophis
Species:	P. obtusus
Binomial name
Psomophis obtusus (Cope, 1863)

Psomophis obtusus, also known commonly as the wide ground snake and corredeira-do-banhado in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.

Geographic range

P. obtusus is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. ^[2]

References

1. Arzamendia, V.; Giraudo, A.; Scott, N.; Scrocchi, G. (2019). "Psomophis obtusus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T174102A61317837. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Species Psomophis obtusus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Cope ED (1863). "Descriptions of new American SQUAMATA, in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia [15]: 100–106. (Rhadinæa obtusa, new species, pp. 101–102).