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

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

Geographic range

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

Habitat

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

Behavior

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

Reproduction

A. emigdioi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Atractus emigdioi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T68603351A68603356. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 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

  • 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.



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