Hallowell's Coffee Snake

About the Hallowell's Coffee Snake

Ninia atrata, known commonly as Hallowell's coffee snake, Hallowell's earth snake, the red-nape snake, and the South American coffee snake, is a species of small terrestrial snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to southern Central America and northern South America.

N. atrata is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. The preferred natural habitats of N. atrata are forest and savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 1,000 m (3,280 ft). N. atrata is believed to feed on insect larvae, termites and slugs.

N. atrata is oviparous. Angarita-Sierra T (2017). "Ninia atrata (Hallowell 1845), Viejita". Catálogo de anfibios y reptiles de Colombia 3 (2): 30–37. (in Spanish). Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Ninia atrata, p. 104).

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