Atractus loveridgei AMARAL, 1930

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Loveridge's Ground Snake
Synonym	Atractus loveridgei AMARAL 1930: 28 Atractus loveridgei — AMARAL 1931: 88 Atractus loveridgei — PASSOS & ARREDONDO 2009 Atractus loveridgei — WALLACH et al. 2014: 75
Distribution	Colombia (Antioquia) Type locality: Jericó, Dep. de Antioquia, Colombia
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ R-29059
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Comment
Etymology	Named after Arthur Loveridge (1891-1980), American herpetologist.
References	Amaral, A. D. 1931. Studies of neotropical ophidia XXIII. Additional notes on Colombian snakes XXVI. Ophidia of Colombia. Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 4 (4): 85-94 Amaral,A. do 1930. Studies of neotropical Ophidia XVI. Two new snakes from Central Colombia. Bull. Antivenin Inst. America 4: 27-28 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 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. Williams E E 1982. Arthur Loveridge—A Life in Retrospect. Breviora (471): 1-12 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/291715606386378/ Google images

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