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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesBoie's Ground Snake (micheli: French Guyana Ground Snake)
Portuguese: Cobra-da-Terra, Fura-Terra 
SynonymBrachyorrhos badius BOIE 1827: 540
Calamaria badia — SCHLEGEL 1837: 35 (part.)
Rhabdosoma badium — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 95
Rhabdosoma badium subbicinctum JAN 1862: 14
Rabdosoma badium — JAN 1865
Rabdosoma dubium — JAN 1865
Atractus badius — BOULENGER 1894: 308
Atractus micheli MOCQUARD 1904: 301
Atractus badius — SCHMIDT & WALKER 1943
Atractus subbicinctus — SAVAGE 1960: 83
Atractus subcinctum — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970
Atractus badius — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 27
Atractus subbicinctus — GASC & RODRIGUES 1980
Atractus badius — CEI 1993
Atractus badius — STARACE 1998: 128
Atractus micheli — CLAESSEN 2003
Atractus badius — WALLACH et al. 2014: 69
Atractus badius — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionColombia, Suriname, French Guiana,
Peru (Tambopata, Madre de Dios: [HR 31: 188]), Brazil (Amapá)

subbicinctus: Surinam, French Guiana; Type locality: Surinam and French Guiana

Type locality: in error (see comment); Surinam (fide STARACE 1998).

Type locality: French Guiana [micheli]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: RMNH 120c, a 302 mm female, designated by Hoogmoed, 1980: 11. 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy partly that of CEI 1993. Synonymy: Duméril et al. (1854) synonymized B. flammigerus and B. schach with B. badius until Hoogmoed (1980) rediscovered the types of Atractus badius, A. flammigerus and A. schach, resurrecting the latter two from the synonymy with A. badius. Not listed by GASC & RODRIGUES 1980. A micheli has been synonymized with A. badius by HOOGMOED 1980 and CHIPPAUX 1986.

Similar species: A. major, A. snethlageae, A. schach. Records of A. badius for southeastern Venezuela represent misidentifications of A. lancini, A. univittatus, and A. meridensis (SCHARGEL et al. 2013).

Distribution: Terra typica originally given as Java (in error). According to Hoogmoed (1980) this taxon probably includes several distinct species and A. badius has a limited distribution in the Guiana Shield. It is likely that the specimens cited as A. badius from Venezuela are in fact A. univittatus or A. lancinii, at least those from the Coastal Range records (W. Schargel and P. Passos, pers. comm., cited in RIVAS et al. 2012). This species was erroneously recorded from the Coastal Range and the Cordillera de Mérida (Roze 1966; Lancini 1979). Specimens reported from N Argentina (Chaco) are A. snethlagae (GIRAUDO 2004:21). Brazil: Cunha & Nascimento (1978) mentioned only Atractus badius from eastern Para, but the picture they published clearly shows A. flammigerus (fide HOOGMOED & PRUDENTE 2003). Not in Ecuador fide Arteaga et al. 2017. Not verified for Guyana (Cole et al. 2013: 321). See map in Nogueira et al. 2019. 
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