Atractus paulus MELO-SAMPAIO & VENEGAS, 2023
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Atractus paulus
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Atractus paulus MELO-SAMPAIO & VENEGAS 2023 |
| Distribution | Peru (Cajamarca Department) Type locality: Peru, Cajamarca Department: San Ignacio Province, Namballe District, Alto Ihuamaca (05°11'41.16"S, 79°05'2.27"W, 1641 m). |
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| Types | Holotype. CORBIDI 877 adult female, collected by Maik Dobiey on 26 August 2008. Paratype. ZFMK 89147 juvenile from Peru, Cajamarca Department, San Ignacio Province, Namballe District, El Chaupe (05°14'8.88"S, 79°06'16.2"W, 2161 m), collected by Maik Dobiey on 25 August 2008. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Atractus paulus can be distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) smooth dorsal scale rows 17/17/17 with apical pits near cloaca; (2) postoculars two; (3) loreal moderately long, contacting second to fourth supralabials; (4) temporal formula usually 1+2; (5) supralabials eight, fourth and fifth contacting eye; (6) infralabials eight, first four contacting chinshields; (7) maxillary teeth eight; (8) gular scale rows usually four; (9) preventrals four; (10) ventrals 166–167 in females, condition in males unknown; (11) subcaudals 26 in females, condition in males unknown; (12) in preservative, dorsum yellow ochre; (13) ventral surface of body mostly black with scattered inconspicuous cream marks in juveniles, uniform brown in adults; (14) maximum body size 830 mm SVL in females; (15) tail size moderately short in females (9.1–13.6% SVL); (16) midbody diameter 18.0–27.3 mm (Figs 1–3). (Melo-Sampaio & Venegas 2023) |
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