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title: "Thickhead Ground Snake"
description: "Atractus crassicaudatus — Répteis. The thickhead ground snake (Atractus crassicaudatus) is a nonvenomous colubrid snake species, with no recognized subspecies, endemic to central Colombia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/thickhead-ground-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Thickhead Ground Snake

> Atractus crassicaudatus — Répteis. The thickhead ground snake (Atractus crassicaudatus) is a nonvenomous colubrid snake species, with no recognized subspecies, endemic to central Colombia.

- Scientific name: *Atractus crassicaudatus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1715
- Wikidata: [Q2869663](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2869663)
- iNaturalist taxon: [27919](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27919)

## Names

- en: Thickhead Ground Snake
- es: Serpiente sabanera

## Countries with the most observations

CO (1553)

## Summary

The thickhead ground snake (Atractus crassicaudatus) is a nonvenomous colubrid snake species, with no recognized subspecies, endemic to central Colombia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thickhead_ground_snake

## Photo

![Thickhead Ground Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/thickhead-ground-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: margaritarestrepou · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62312372

## Machine access

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