Lined ground snake
Lygophis lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status not recordedsnakes
The lined ground snake (Lygophis lineatus) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 70 g.
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Quick facts about the lined ground snake
- Weight
- 70 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 73.7 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 6.8src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Which animals does the lined ground snake eat?
Species recorded in published studies and collections.
Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).
References for these records
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/257164979
- Ecology of an Anuran-Eating Guild of Terrestrial Tropical Snakes. 1983. Herpetologica 39(1): 52-66
Where does the lined ground snake live?
Not recorded
Is the lined ground snake endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the lined ground snake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusLygophis
- SpeciesLygophis lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Coluber jaculatrix, Coluber jaculus, Coluber lineatus, Coluber minervae, Coluber terlineatus, Liophis lineatus
Other names and names in other languages (4)
- Couresse rubanéeFrench
- Lygophide rayé (Le)French
- JararaquinhaPortuguese
- Jararaca-ListradaPortuguese
Relatives of the lined ground snake
Other species in the same genus Lygophis.
Golden-belly snake
Lygophis anomalus
Lema's ground snake
Lygophis dilepis
Elegant ground snake
Lygophis elegantissimus
Fronted ground snake
Lygophis flavifrenatus
Hoge's ground snake
Lygophis paucidens
Southern striped snake
Lygophis meridionalis
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the lined ground snake?
An adult lined ground snake weighs 70 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the lined ground snake?
The lined ground snake (Lygophis lineatus) belongs to the family Colubridae in the order Squamata.
Which animals does the lined ground snake eat?
Animals recorded as prey of the lined ground snake include rufous frog. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products · CC0 1.0 · 0.11
Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference. - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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