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Atractus oculotemporalis AMARAL, 1932

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Hispanic Ground Snake 
SynonymAtractus oculo-temporalis AMARAL 1932: 67
Atractus oculotemporalis — PASSOS & ARREDONDO 2009
Atractus oculotemporalis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 78 
DistributionColombia (Antioquia)

Type locality: Jericó, Dep. de Antioquia, Colombia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: IBSP 6390, adult (given as No. 46 by Amaral 1932) 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the absence of postoculars so that the temporal touches the orbit, from Latin oculus = eye, and Latin temporalis (of the temporal region), but see also temporalis. 
References
  • Amaral,A. do 1932. Studies of Neotropical Ophidia. XXVII. On two small collections of snakes from Central Colombia. Bull. Antivenin Inst. America 5: 66-68
  • Bernal, R. 2025. Serpientes de Colombia-Guía de Campo. Serie de Guías Tropicales de Campo. 19: 396 pp. Conservación Internacional Colombia, Bogotá - get paper here
  • Páez, V.P. et al. 2002. Guía de campo de algunas especies de anfibios y reptiles de Antioquia. Universidad de Antioquia, - get paper here
  • Passos, P. & Arredondo, J.C. 2009. Rediscovery and redescription of the Andean earth-snake Atractus wagleri (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 1969: 59–68 - get paper here
  • Passos, Paulo, Juan C. Arredondo, Ronaldo Fernandes and John D. Lynch 2009. Three new Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Andes of Colombia. Copeia 2009 (3): 425-436 - get paper here
  • Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp.
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams, Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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