''Atractus major'', the brown ground snake or big ground snake, is a species of
snake in the family
Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...
. The species can be found in
Ecuador,
Venezuela,
Brazil,
Peru, and
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
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major
Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...
Reptiles of Ecuador
Reptiles of Venezuela
Snakes of Brazil
Reptiles of Peru
Reptiles of Colombia
Reptiles described in 1894
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
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