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Military Ground Snake

Erythrolamprus miliaris

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Brazil.January 82, February 71, March 74, April 71, May 37, June 24, July 11, August 9, September 24, October 48, November 44, December 60.
Brazil555
Sao Paulo178
Rio de Jeneiro148
Santa Catarina65
Parana60
Espirito Santo58
Minas Gerais29
Bahia6
Rio Grande do Sul6
Argentina5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyColubrid Snakes · Colubridae
GenusCoral Snake Mimics · Erythrolamprus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Military Ground Snake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.