Atractus modestus

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Modest Ground Snake, Pichincha, EC imported from iNaturalist photo 308449748.jpg

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. |date=2016 |title=Atractus modestus |volume=2016 |page=e.T176356A50866722 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T176356A50866722.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Atractus

| species = modestus

| authority = Boulenger, 1894

}}

Atractus modestus is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.{{eol|453776|Modest Ground Snake}} In English the species goes by the common name modest ground snake while in Spanish it goes by tierrera modesta or culebra tierrera modesta.

Males can grow to {{convert|27.3|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} and females to {{convert|32.8|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. The species reproduces sexually. The species has been labeled as vulnerable by the IUCN.

The species can be found in western Ecuador.{{Cite book|last1=Wallach|first1=Van|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zZ3NBQAAQBAJ&dq=Atractus+modestus&pg=PA76|title=Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species|last2=Williams|first2=Kenneth L.|last3=Boundy|first3=Jeff|date=2014-04-22|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4822-0848-1|pages=76|language=en}} It is locally frequent in Mindo, Ecuador. The species has been reported in elevations at 1019 m to 1780 m{{Cite web|title=Modest Ground Snake (Atractus modestus) {{!}} Tropical Herping|url=https://www.tropicalherping.com/science/books/reptiles/atractus_modestus.html|access-date=2021-10-05|website=www.tropicalherping.com}} or {{convert|2400|–|2560|m|abbr=on}} above sea level.