The following species are recognized as being valid.
Nota bene: A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than
Atractus. •
Atractus aboiporu •
Atractus acheronius •
Atractus akerios •
Atractus albuquerquei Cunha &
Nascimento, 1983 – Albuquerque ground snake •
Atractus alphonsehogei Cunha & Nascimento, 1983 – Alphonse's ground snake •
Atractus altagratiae •
Atractus alytogrammus •
Atractus andinus Prado, 1944 – Andean ground snake •
Atractus apophis •
Atractus arangoi Prado, 1940 – brown ground snake, big ground snake •
Atractus atlas Passos,
Scanferla, Melo-Sampaio,
Brito &
Almendariz, 2018 – atlas ground snake •
Atractus atratus •
Atractus attenuatus •
Atractus avernus •
Atractus ayeush •
Atractus badius (
F. Boie, 1827) – Boie's ground snake •
Atractus biseriatus Prado, 1941 – two-lined ground snake •
Atractus bocki F. Werner, 1909 –
Bock's ground snake •
Atractus boimirim Passos, Prudente & J.D. Lynch, 2016 •
Atractus boulengerii Peracca, 1896 •
Atractus caete •
Atractus careolepis •
Atractus carrioni Parker, 1930 – Parker's ground snake, Carrion's ground snake •
Atractus caxiuana •
Atractus cerberus – Cerberus ground snake •
Atractus charitoae •
Atractus chthonius •
Atractus clarki Dunn &
Bailey, 1939 – Clark's ground snake •
Atractus collaris – collared ground snake •
Atractus crassicaudatus (
A.M.C. Duméril,
Bibron &
A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – thickhead ground snake •
Atractus dapsilis Melo-Sampaio, Passos, Fouquet, Prudente & Torres-Carvajal, 2019 •
Atractus darienensis •
Atractus depressiocellus •
Atractus discovery Arteaga, Quezada, Vieira, & Guayasamin, 2022 •
Atractus duboisi •
Atractus duidensis Roze, 1961 – Venezuela ground snake •
Atractus dunni Savage, 1955 – Dunn's ground snake •
Atractus echidna •
Atractus ecuadorensis Savage, 1955 – Ecuadorean ground snake •
Atractus edioi •
Atractus elaps (
Günther, 1858) – black ground snake •
Atractus emigdioi Gonzalez-Sponga, 1971 – Emigdio's ground snake •
Atractus emmeli (
Boettger, 1888) – Emmel's ground snake, Boettger's ground snake •
Atractus eriki •
Atractus erythromelas Boulenger, 1903 – red-black ground snake •
Atractus esepe – indistinct ground snake •
Atractus favae (
de Filippi, 1840) – Filippi's ground snake •
Atractus flammigerus (F. Boie, 1827) – flaming ground snake •
Atractus franciscopaivai •
Atractus francoi •
Atractus fuliginosus (
Hallowell, 1845) – Hallowell's ground snake •
Atractus gaigeae Savage, 1955 – Gaige's ground snake •
Atractus gigas – giant ground snake •
Atractus guentheri (
Wucherer, 1861) – Günther's ground snake •
Atractus heliobelluomini •
Atractus heyeri Esqueda &
McDiarmid, 2015 •
Atractus hoogmoedi •
Atractus hostilitractus •
Atractus imperfectus •
Atractus indistinctus Prado, 1940 – indistinct ground snake •
Atractus insipidus Roze, 1961 •
Atractus iridescens Peracca, 1896 – iridescent ground snake •
Atractus lancinii Roze, 1961 – Lancini's ground snake •
Atractus lasallei Amaral, 1931 – Lasalle's ground snake •
Atractus latifrons (Günther, 1868) – broadhead ground snake •
Atractus lehmanni Boettger, 1898 – Lehmann's ground snake •
Atractus loveridgei Amaral, 1930 – Loveridge's ground snake •
Atractus macondo •
Atractus maculatus (Günther, 1858) – spotted ground snake •
Atractus major Boulenger, 1894 – brown ground snake •
Atractus manizalesensis Prado, 1940 •
Atractus mariselae Lancini, 1969 – Marisela's ground snake •
Atractus marthae Meneses-Pelayo & Passos, 2019 •
Atractus matthewi •
Atractus medusa •
Atractus melanogaster F. Werner, 1916 – blackbelly ground snake •
Atractus melas Boulenger, 1908 – dark ground snake •
Atractus meridensis •
Atractus michaelsabini Arteaga, Quezada, Vieira, & Guayasamin, 2022 •
Atractus micheleae •
Atractus microrhynchus (
Cope, 1868) •
Atractus mijaresi , 2005 •
Atractus modestus Boulenger, 1894 – modest ground snake •
Atractus multicinctus (
Jan, 1865) – banded ground snake •
Atractus multidentatus •
Atractus nasutus •
Atractus natans •
Atractus nawa •
Atractus nicefori Amaral, 1930 – northern ground snake •
Atractus nigricauda Schmidt &
Walker, 1943 – black-headed ground snake •
Atractus nigriventris Amaral, 1933 – black-ventered ground snake •
Atractus obesus Marx, 1960 – fat ground snake •
Atractus obtusirostris F. Werner, 1916 – bignose ground snake •
Atractus occidentalis Savage, 1955 – western ground snake •
Atractus occipitoalbus (Jan, 1862) – gray ground snake •
Atractus ochrosetrus •
Atractus oculotemporalis Amaral, 1932 – Hispanic ground snake •
Atractus orcesi •
Atractus pachacamac •
Atractus paisa •
Atractus pamplonensis Amaral, 1937 – Pamplona ground snake •
Atractus pantostictus •
Atractus paraguayensis F. Werner, 1924 •
Atractus paucidens Despax, 1910 – Despax's ground snake •
Atractus pauciscutatus Schmidt & Walker, 1943 – little-scaled ground snake •
Atractus paulus Melo-Sampaio & Venegas, 2023 •
Atractus peruvianus (Jan, 1862) – Peru ground snake •
Atractus poeppigi (Jan, 1862) – basin ground snake •
Atractus potschi •
Atractus punctiventris Amaral, 1933 – pointed ground snake •
Atractus resplendens F. Werner, 1901 – resplendent ground snake •
Atractus reticulatus (Boulenger, 1885) – reticulate ground snake •
Atractus riveroi Roze, 1961 –
Rivero's ground snake •
Atractus ronnie •
Atractus roulei Despax, 1910 –
Roule's ground snake •
Atractus sanctaemartae Dunn, 1946 – St. Marta's ground snake •
Atractus sanguineus Prado, 1944 – bloody ground snake •
Atractus savagei Salazar-Valenzuela, Torres-Carvajal & Passos, 2014 – Savage's ground snake •
Atractus schach (F. Boie, 1827) – Schach's ground snake •
Atractus serranus Amaral, 1930 – Sao Paulo ground snake •
Atractus snethlageae Cunha & Nascimento, 1983 •
Atractus spinalis •
Atractus steyermarki Roze, 1958 •
Atractus stygius •
Atractus surucucu •
Atractus tamaensis •
Atractus tamessari •
Atractus taphorni •
Atractus tartarus •
Atractus thalesdelemai •
Atractus titanicus •
Atractus torquatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – neckband ground snake •
Atractus touzeti •
Atractus trefauti Melo-Sampaio, Passos, Fouquet, Prudente & Torres-Carvajal, 2019 •
Atractus trihedrurus – southern ground snake •
Atractus trilineatus Wagler, 1828 – three-lined ground snake •
Atractus trivittatus Amaral, 1933 – three-banded ground snake •
Atractus turikensis •
Atractus typhon •
Atractus ukupacha •
Atractus variegatus Prado, 1942 – variegated ground snake •
Atractus ventrimaculatus Boulenger, 1905 – speckled ground snake •
Atractus vertebralis Boulenger, 1904 – vertebral ground snake •
Atractus vertebrolineatus Prado, 1941 – striped ground snake •
Atractus vittatus •
Atractus wagleri Prado, 1945 – Wagler's ground snake •
Atractus werneri Peracca, 1914 – Werner's ground snake •
Atractus zebrinus •
Atractus zgap Arteaga, Quezada, Vieira, & Guayasamin, 2022 •
Atractus zidoki Gasc &
Rodriques, 1979 – Zidok's ground snake ==References==