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title: "Black-backed Snake"
description: "Erythrolamprus melanotus — Répteis. Shaw's dark ground snake (Erythrolamprus melanotus), also known commonly as Shaw's black-backed snake, and in Spanish as candelilla, guarda caminos, and reinita cazadora, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/black-backed-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Black-backed Snake

> Erythrolamprus melanotus — Répteis. Shaw's dark ground snake (Erythrolamprus melanotus), also known commonly as Shaw's black-backed snake, and in Spanish as candelilla, guarda caminos, and reinita cazadora, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Erythrolamprus melanotus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 632
- Wikidata: [Q2382551](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2382551)
- iNaturalist taxon: [539688](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/539688)

## Names

- en: Black-backed Snake
- de: Schwarzrücken-Goldbauchnatter

## Countries with the most observations

CO (424), TT (103), VE (43)

## Summary

Shaw's dark ground snake (Erythrolamprus melanotus), also known commonly as Shaw's black-backed snake, and in Spanish as candelilla, guarda caminos, and reinita cazadora, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to northern South America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaw%27s_dark_ground_snake

## Photo

![Black-backed Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-backed-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dayson Moran · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/302954049

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-backed-snake?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).