Atractus elaps

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Silveira, A.L. |author2=Prudente, A.L. da C. |author3=Argôlo , A.J.S. |author4=Abrahão, C.R. |author5=Nogueira, C. de C. |author6=Strüssmann , C. |author7=Loebmann, D. |author8=Barbo, F.E. |author9=Franco, F.L. |author10=Costa, G.C. |author11=de Moura, G.J.B. |author12=Zaher, H. el D. |author13=Borges-Martins, M. |author14=Martins, M.R.C. |author15=Oliveira , M.E. |author16=Hoogmoed, M.S. |author17=Marques, O.A.V. |author18=Passos, P.G.H. |author19=Bérnils, R.S. |author20=Kawashita-Ribeiro, R.A. |author21=Sawaya, R.J. |author22=da Costa, T.B.G. |year=2020 |title=Atractus edioi|page=e.T96101800A123738958 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T96101800A123738958.en}}

| genus = Atractus

| species = elaps

| authority = (Günther, 1858)

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Atractus elaps, the black ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species can be found in Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil.