Atractus emigdioi

Species of snake

Atractus emigdioi

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Suborder:  | Serpentes
Family:  | Colubridae
Genus:  | Atractus
Species:  |

A. emigdioi

Binomial name
Atractus emigdioi

González-Sponga, 1971

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[edit]

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

## Geographic range[edit]

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

## Habitat[edit]

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

## Behavior[edit]

A. emigdioi is terrestrial[1] and semifossorial (Schargel & Castoe, 2003).

## Reproduction[edit]

A. emigdioi is oviparous.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Atractus emigdioi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T68603351A68603356. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Atractus emigdioi, p. 83).

## Further reading[edit]

* 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).
* 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.

Taxon identifiers

Atractus emigdioi|

* Wikidata: Q2869675
* Wikispecies: Atractus emigdioi
* ADW: Atractus_emigdioi
* CoL: 67WBR
* EoL: 795650
* GBIF: 5223956
* iNaturalist: 27869
* IRMNG: 10645538
* ITIS: 700947
* IUCN: 68603351
* Open Tree of Life: 4120880
* RD: emigdioi
* uBio: 7166731

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