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Atractus emigdioi

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Atractus emigdioi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Atractus
Species:
A. emigdioi
Binomial name
Atractus emigdioi

Atractus emigdioi, also known commonly as Emigdio's ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.[2]

Etymology

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The specific name, emigdioi, is in honor of Emigdio González-Sponga who collected the holotype.[3]: 83 

Geographic range

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A. emigdioi is found in the Cordillera de Mérida in the Venezuelan states of Mérida and Trujillo.[1][2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of A. emigdioi is forest, at altitudes of 2,100–3,000 m (6,900–9,800 ft).[1]

Behavior

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A. emigdioi is terrestrial[1] and semifossorial.[4]

Reproduction

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A. emigdioi is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Atractus emigdioi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T68603351A68603356. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T68603351A68603356.en.
  2. ^ a b c Atractus emigdioi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2021.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
  4. ^ Schargel, WE; Castoe, TA (2003). "The Hemipenes of Some Snakes of the Semifossorial Genus Atractus, with Comments on Variation in the Genus". Journal of Herpetology. 37 (4): 718–721. doi:10.1670/7-02N. JSTOR 1565874.

Further reading

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  • Esqueda LF, La Marca E (2005). "Revisión taxonómica y biogeográfica (con descripción de cinco nuevas especies) de serpientes del género Atractus (Colubridae: Dipsadinae) en los Ande de Venezuela". Herpetotropicos 2 (1): 1–32. (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
  • González-Sponga MA (1971). "Atractus emigdioi (Serpentes: Colubridae) nueva especie para los Andes de Venezuela". Monografías Cientificas Augusto Pi Suñer, Instituto Pedagógico de Caracas (3): 1–11. (Atractus emigdioi, new species). (in Spanish).


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