Atractus lancinii 🐍🐍

This cute little snake, identified as Atractus lancinii, appeared today on the outskirts of pavilion 4, at the University Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela.
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It is known as Culebrita de Tierra or Tigrita, and belongs to the Dipsadidae family.
His body is irisdicent, and his head is slightly different from his neck, he has small eyes with rounded pupils.
It is daytime and nighttime, semi-fossoral or mining activity. It lives underground in loose, leafy soil, in evergreen, transitional, riparian and cloud forests.
It is not poisonous and feeds on invertebrates.
It is endemic to the Coastal Range, between 800 and 2000m elevation

This specimen measured approximately 50cm in length.

The identification was made by Professor Ariana Gols and María de Lourdes González (Malú), and the specimen was donated to the Laboratory of Organisms III of the Simón Bolívar University.

The information was taken from Señaris J. Aristeguieta M, Rojas G. and Rojas-Runjaic, F. (2018). Illustrated guide to amphibians and reptiles in the Caracas Valley, Venezuela. IVIC Editions. IVIC. Caracas, Venezuela.