Atractus guentheri (WUCHERER, 1861)
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Atractus guentheri
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Günther's Ground Snake Portuguese: Coral-Falsa |
| Synonym | Geophis güntheri WUCHERER 1861 Atractus guentheri — BOULENGER 1894: 305 Atractus guentheri — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 29 Atractus guentheri — PASSOS et al. 2007 Atractus guentheri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 73 Atractus guentheri — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | Brazil (SE Bahia) Type locality: Cañavieras, south of Bahia (São Salvador), Estado do Bahia, Brazil. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.1.76 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Atractus guentheri is distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) 17/17/17 smooth dorsal scale rows; (2) two postoculars; (3) moderate to long loreal; (4) temporals 1+2; (5) seven supralabials, third and fourth contacting orbit; (6) seven infralabials, first four contacting chinshields; (7) seven to eight maxillary teeth; (8) three gular scale rows; (9) three preventrals; (10) 147–149 ventrals in females, 136–145 in males; (11) 20–23 subcaudals in females, 29–32 in males; (12) dorsum beige or brown, with a dark brown vertebral (three scales wide) and two dorsolateral lines (one scale wide); (13) venter uniform creamish white in preserved and creamish red to pink in living specimens; (14) moderate body size, females reaching 437 mm SVL and males 313 mm SVL; (15) moderate tail size in females (9.6–11.1% SVLand long (16.9–18.1% SVL) in males; (16) moderately bilobed, semicapitate, and semicalyculate hemipenis. |
| Comment | Synonymy after PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970. |
| Etymology | Named after Albert Günther (1830-1914), German-born zoologist at the British Museum. |
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