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Atractus vertebrolineatus PRADO, 1941

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Striped Ground Snake 
SynonymAtractus vertebrolineatus PRADO 1941: 25
Atractus vertebrolineatus — PASSOS & ARREDONDO 2009
Atractus vertebrolineatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 83 
DistributionColombia (Santander)

Type locality: Ocaña, Dep. de Norte de Santander, colombia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MLS 184, a 296 mm male (Nicéforo María). 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin vertebra, a joint, vertebra of the spine + and Latin lineatus, lined. [“...com uma lista cinza-escura sobre a linha vertebral, a qual é ladeada por pontilhados negros...”] (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • 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
  • 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
  • Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp.
  • Prado,A. 1941. Notas ofiológicas 8. Dois novos Atractus da Colombia. Mem. Inst. Butantan, Sào Paulo 14: 25-27 + 1 plate [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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