Atractus sanctaemartae DUNN, 1946

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: St. Marta's Ground Snake
Synonym	Atractus sanctaemartae DUNN 1946 Atractus badius GRIFFIN 1916: 172 (part.). Atractus iridescens RUTHVEN 1922: 66 (part). Atractus nebularis BERNAL-CAROL & ROZE 1997 Atractus nebularis — PASSOS & ARREDONDO 2009 Atractus sanctaemartae — BARROS 2000 Atractus sanctaemartae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 80
Distribution	Colombia (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta) Type locality: San Sebastián, Dep. de Magdalena, Colombia nebularis: Colombia (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: UMMZ 48298 Holotype: ICN-MHN = ICN 2756 [nebularis]
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Barros, T. R. 2000. Una nueva especie de Atractus (Serpentes: Colubridae) de la Sierra de Perija, Estado Zulia, Venezuela. Anartia 11:1-10 Bernal-carlo, A. & J. A. ROZE 1997. Snake genus Atractus (Colubridae) from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, with a description of a new species. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 33 (4): 165-170 - get paper here Carvajal-Cogollo, J.E.; L.E. Rojas-Murcia. & G. Cárdenas-Arévalo 2020. Reptiles del Caribe colombiano/ Reptiles of the Colombian Caribbean. Tunja: Editorial UPTC, 268 pp. - get paper here Dunn, Emmett R. 1946. Atractus sanctaemartae, A new species of snake from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (493): 1-6 - get paper here Griffin, L.F. 1916. A catalog of the Ophidia from South America at present (June 1916) contained in the Carnegie Museum with descriptions of some new species. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 7 (3) [1915]: 163-228 - 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, LYNCH, John Douglas & FERNANDES, Ronaldo 2008. Taxonomic status of Atractus sanctaemartae and A. nebularis, and description of a new Atractus from Atlantic coast of Colombia. The Herpetological Journal 18 (4): 175-186 - get paper here Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp. Ruthven, A. G. 1922. The amphibians and reptiles of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool., Misc. Publ. (8): 70 pp. - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/299165042308101/ Google images

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