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Atractus bocourti BOULENGER, 1894

IUCN Red List - Atractus bocourti - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Bocourt's Ground Snake 
SynonymAtractus bocourti BOULENGER 1894: 306
Atractus bocourti — LEHR 2002: 90
Atractus bocourti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 69 
DistributionN Peru

Type locality: Acomayo, Departamento de Huanuco, Peru  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.24 
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CommentDistribution: Not in Ecuador fide Arteaga et al. 2017. Not in Colombia fide Bernal (2025). 
EtymologyNamed after Marie Firmin Bocourt (1819-1904), French naturalist. 
References
  • Arteaga A, Mebert K, Valencia JH, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Peñafiel N, Reyes-Puig C, Vieira-Fernandes JL, Guayasamin JM 2017. Molecular phylogeny of Atractus (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with emphasis on Ecuadorian species and the description of three new taxa. ZooKeys 661: 91-123. - get paper here
  • 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
  • Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp. - get paper here
  • Lehr, E. 2002. Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. Natur und Tier-Verlag (Münster), 208 pp. - get paper here
  • Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp.
  • Prado, Alcides 1941. Notas ofiológicas 5. Observações sobre serpentes da Colombia. Mem. Inst. Butantan 14: 1-11 [1940] - 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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