| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Pamplona Ground Snake |
| Synonym | Atractus pamplonensis AMARAL 1935: 220
Atractus pamplonensis — SCHARGEL 2002
Atractus mijaresi ESQUEDA & LA MARCA 2005
Atractus tamaensis ESQUEDA & LA MARCA 2005
Atractus tamaensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 81
Atractus mijaresi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 76
Atractus pamplonensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 78
Atractus pamplonensis — PASSOS et al. 2024
Atractus tamaensis — ESQUEDA et al. 2025
Atractus mijaresi — ESQUEDA et al. 2025 |
| Distribution | Colombia (Norte de Santander), Venezuela
Type locality: Pamplona, De. de Norte de Santander, Colombia
mijaresi: Venezuela (Mérida); Type locality: Venezuela, Estado Mérida, Municipio Rangel: Mucurubá, parte alta, 2405 m elevation, 08° 42’ 34’’ N, 70° 59’ 17’’ W.
tamaensis: Venezuela (Táchira); Type locality: Venezuela, Estado Táchira, Municipio Junín: Betania, Macizo de Tamá, aprox. 2,100 m [elevation], ~ 7° 24’ 21’’ N, 72° 24’ 29’’ W.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: IBSP 9192 (= IB); Paratypes: (n=5) IBSP 9040−42, IBSP 9190−91, with the same data as the holotype.
Holotype: ULABG 4697 [mijaresi]
Holotype: MHNLS 8307 [tamaensis] |
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| Comment | Synonymy: Passos et al. 2024 synonymized Atractus mijaresi and Atractus tamaensis with Atractus pamplonensis. However, Esqueda et al. 2025 redescribed and revalidated A. mijaresi.
NCBI taxID: 3145934 [mijaresi]
Etymology: Atractus mijaresi was named after Abraham Mijares, Venezuelan herpetologist. A. tamaensis was named after its type locality. |
| Etymology | named after its type locality. |
| References |
- Amaral,A. do 1937. New species of ophidians from Colombia. Compte Rendu 12th Congress Internat. Zool., Lisbon 3 [139 (141)]: 1762-1767 [1935]
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- 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
- Esqueda, L.F. & E. La Marca 2005. Revisión taxonómica y biogeográfica (con descripción de cinco nuevas especies) de serpientes del género Atractus (Colubridae: Dipsadinae) en los Andes de Venezuela. Herpetotropicos 2 (1): 1-32 - get paper here
- Esqueda, L.F., E. La Marca & S. Bazó. 2007. Un nuevo colúbrido semifosorial del género Atractus (Dipsadinae) de la vertiente lacustre de los Andes de Venezuela. Herpetotropicos 2 (2): 87-93 [2005] - get paper here
- Esqueda, L.F., Rojas-Runjaic, F.J., Prudente, A.; Santos Bazó, Luis Fernando Navarrete, Edward Carmargo-Sillet, Juan Carlos Ortiz, Claudio Correa, Pablo Guerrero & Félix Urra 2025. A first phylogenetic and taxonomic approach to sleepyhead snakes from Venezuela (Dipsadidae: Atractus), with the description of two new Andean species. Org Divers Evol. - get paper here
- Natera-Mumaw, Marco; Luis Felipe Esqueda-González & Manuel Castelaín-Fernández 2015. Atlas Serpientes de Venezuela. Santiago de Chile, Dimacofi Negocios Avanzados S.A., 456 pp. - get paper here
- Passos, P., Meneses-Pelayo, E., Ramos, L. O., Martins, A. R., Machado, A., Lopes, R. T., ... & Lynch, J. D. 2024. Taxonomy without borders: Revision of the genus Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Andes between Colombia and Venezuela. South American Journal of Herpetology, 32(sp1), 1-123 - get paper here
- Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp.
- RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - get paper here
- Schargel, Walter E. and Juan E. García-Pérez 2002. A new species and a new record of Atractus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Andes of Venezuela. Journal of Herpetology 36 (3): 398-402 - get paper here
- 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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