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Atractus reticulatus (BOULENGER, 1885)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Reticulate Ground Snake
Portuguese: Cobra-Cega, Cobra-da-Terra, Cobra-de-Terra-Comum, Cobra-Reticulada, Cobra-Tijolo, Cobrinha-da-Terra, Fura-Terra, Fura-Terra-Reticulada 
SynonymGeophis reticulatus BOULENGER 1885: 87
Geophis reticulatus — BOULENGER 1886: 430
Atractus reticulatus — BOULENGER 1894: 311
Atractus reticulatus — PETERS et al. 1970: 33
Atractus reticulatus scrocchii ALVAREZ et al. 1992
Atractus reticulatus — PASSOS et al. 2005
Atractus reticulatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 79
Atractus reticulatus — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionParaguay, S Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, São Paulo), Argentina (Corrientes, Misiones ?), Uruguay [HR 35: 189]

Type locality: São Lourenço, Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.7
Holotype: UNNE-CHC 00256, collected by B.B. Alvarez and L. Rey 28 Dec 1991 [scrocchii] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Atractus reticulatus is distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) 15/15/15 smooth dorsal scale rows; (2) two postoculars; (3) loreal moderate; (4) temporals 1+2; (5) seven supralabials, third and fourth contacting orbit; (6) six or seven infralabials, first four contacting chinshields; (7) six to eight maxillary teeth; (8) usually three gular scale rows; (9) usually three preventrals; (10) 149–165 ventrals in females, 130–151 in males; (11) 19–30 subcaudals in females, 24–34 in males; (12) dorsum ground colour dark grayish brown or black, reticulating with pale colour; (13) venter immaculate creamish white; (14) moderate body size, females reaching 390 mm SVL, males 279 mm SVL; (15) tail short to moderate in females (7.8–13.5% SVL), short to long (7.9–17.1% SVL) in males; (16) moderately bilobed, semicapitate, and semicalyculate hemipenis [from Passos et al. 2010]. 
CommentSynonymy: most recent authors treat Atractus reticulatus scrocchii as a synonym of Atractus reticulatus (e.g. Carreira et al. 2005, Wallach et al. 2014, Cacciali et al. 2016).

Distribution: not in Colombia (Passos et al. 2010), although some sources erroneously list it for Colombia (e.g. Pérez-Santos & Moreno 1988). See map in Nogueira et al. 2019. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin reticulatus, made like a net, net-like, reticulated. (BOULENGER 1885, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
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