Atractus aboiporu MELO-SAMPAIO, PASSOS, FOUQUET, COSTA-PRUDENTE & TORRES-CARVAJAL, 2019
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Atractus aboiporu
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Portuguese: Cobra-da-terra, Falsa-Coral-Manchada, Fura-Terra |
| Synonym | Atractus aboiporu MELO-SAMPAIO, PASSOS, FOUQUET, COSTA-PRUDENTE & TORRES-CARVAJAL 2019 Atractus aboiporu — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Amapa) Type locality: Serra do Navio, Amapa, Brazil. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. MPEG 25796: Adult female, coll. U. Galatti, D. Silvano, and B. Pimenta, 9 November 2000. Paratype. MPEG 25797: same data as holotype. MPEG 19783: coll. U. Galatti and J. A. R. Bernardi, 29 August 2000, Pedra Branca do Amapari, Amapa. (0° 51’ 34’’ N, 51°52’ 34’’W; 161 m asl). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Atractus aboiporu can be distinguished from all congeners by the unique combination of the following characters: (1) smooth dorsal scale rows 15/15/15; (2) postoculars two; (3) loreal moderately long; (4) temporal formula 1þ2; (5) supralabials seven, third and fourth contacting eye; (6) infralabials seven, first four contacting chinshields; (7) maxillary teeth seven; (8) gular scale rows three; (9) preventrals two; (10) ventrals 133–135 in females, unknown in males; (11) subcaudals 15–16 in females, unknown in males; (12) in preservative, dorsum cinnamon to verona brown with a series of sepia blotches mostly like rhomboidal parallelograms along the vertebral axis; (13) in preservative, venter beige with two rows of sepia dots or square spots, mostly concentrated on the midbody scales; (14) small body size in female (maximum 275mm SVL); (15) small tail in female (7.6–10.8% SVL). |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The specific epithet ‘aboiporu’ is a Tupi indigenous name herein used in apposition alluding to the peculiar feeding habits of the new species (abóî = earthworm; poru = eater), as well as other congeners. |
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