Atractus pearti PASSOS, MENESES-PELAYO, RAMOS, MARTINS, MACHADO, LOPES, BARRIO-AMORÓS & LYNCH, 2024
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Atractus pearti
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Atractus pearti PASSOS, MENESES-PELAYO, RAMOS, MARTINS, MACHADO, LOPES, BARRIO-AMORÓS & LYNCH 2024: 101 Atractus turikensis — MONTES‐CORREA et al. 2017 |
| Distribution | Colombia (Guarija south to municipality of La Paz, department of Cesar), elevation 800−2,500 m. Type locality: Finca Puerto Rico (10°35′24.46′′N, 72°51′19.01′′W; 846 m asl), Vereda Puerto Rico, El Molino River, municipal‐ ity of El Molino, department La Guajira, Colombia (Fig. 90). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. Adult male, UIS‐R 4877, collected by Fabio Leonardo Meza-Joya (field number NG-270) on 17 July 2012. Paratypes. Four specimens all from Colombia: two (UIS‐R 4878, 4879, respectively field numbers NG 282, 283) collected on 19 July of 2012 at Vereda Nuevas Ideas (10°34′58.99′′N, 72°49′07.48′′W; 1,879 m asl) and (10°34′58.85′′N, 72°49′06.69′′W; 1,891 m asl), respectively in the Sector Pozo del Oso near the border with Venezue‐ la, municipality of El Molino, department La Guajira; two other females (CBUMAG:REP 299, 300) collected in Sep‐ tember 2015 by A.C. Montes‐Correa and team at El Jordán Stream (10°17′47.3′′N, 72°55′55.8′′W; 2,540 m asl), El Con‐ tento Village, district of San José de Oriente, municipality of La Paz, department of Cesar (Figs. 90−93). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Atractus pearti can be distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) dorsal scale rows smooth, 17/17/17; (2) postoculars two; (3) loreal moderately long; (4) temporal formula 1 + 2; (5) supralabials seven, 3 and 4 contacting eye; (6) infralabials seven, 1−3 contacting chinshields; (7) maxillary teeth 6−8; (8) gular scale rows usually three; (9) preventrals usually three; (10) ventrals 169−179 in females, 156 in only known male; (11) subcaudals 25−28 in females, 30 in only male; (12) in preservative, dorsum brown with black blotches and spots cream bordered, forming a barely variegate pattern, sometimes with an irregular vertebral stripe connected to black marks; (13) in preservative, ventral ground color usually predominantly black, except for lateral margins of ventral, sometimes cream with diffuse dark marks; (14) large body size in females, reaching 659 mm SVL, small in male, reaching 283 mm SVL; (15) tail short in females (9.4−10.9% SVL), moderate in male (13.1% SVL); (16) hemipenis moderately bilobed, semicapitate, semicalyculate; (17) laterosphenoid unknown. (Passos et al. 2024) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3021 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after Neil Ellwood Peart (12 September 1952−7 January 7 2020). He was an influential Canadian musician and writer, best known as the drummer and primary lyricist of the un‐ paralleled progressive rock band, Rush. Peart received numerous awards for his amazing musical performances and multifaceted lyrics, including fantasy, science fiction, mythology, and philosophy. Neil Peart was inducted into the Modern Drummer Readers Poll Hall of Fame in 1983, making him the youngest person ever so honored. Para‐ doxally, he was one of the rock pioneers to insert deep re‐ flections on the value of idolatry into his musical approach (e.g., “... but glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity ...,” excerpt of lyrics from the song Spirit of Radio from the 1980 album Permanent Waves). His unique drumming style was renowned for its eclectic influence, technical proficiency, and his live per‐ formances presenting accuracy and endurance. Neil Peart experienced an immense personal tragedy with the death of his first daughter and wife and, after a long introspec‐ tive journey (Peart, 2002), he returned to the band in 2001, showing impressive resilience. The penultimate and 19th Rush studio album was named Snakes & Arrows and brings to its loyal fan‐base another piece of their brilliant artwork. We dedicate this species to him for his life ex‐ ample that inspires integrity, commitment, sophistication, and perseverance to generations of rock listeners around world. |
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