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Atractus biseriatus PRADO, 1941

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Two-lined Ground Snake 
SynonymAtractus biseriatus PRADO 1941: 26
Atractus biseriatus — PASSOS & ARREDONDO 2009
Atractus biseriatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 69 
DistributionColombia (Caldas)

Type locality: Manizales, Departamento de Caldas, Colombia; Villamaria, Departamento de Caldas [fide Dunn in Savage 1960 (04765)].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MLS 145, adult male (although Prado says MLS “187”) 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin bi-, two and Latin seriatus, row, series, chain. [“...com duas series de manchas claras paravertebrais, às vezes confluentes...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Bernal, R. 2025. Serpientes de Colombia-Guía de Campo. Serie de Guías Tropicales de Campo. 19: 396 pp. Conservación Internacional Colombia, Bogotá - 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
  • Passos, Paulo, Juan C. Arredondo, Ronaldo Fernandes and John D. Lynch 2009. Three new Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Andes of Colombia. Copeia 2009 (3): 425-436 - 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
  • Rojas-Morales, Julián Andrés, Héctor Fabio Arias-Monsalve y Gustavo A. González-Durán 2014. Anibios y reptiles de la región centro-sur del departamento de Caldas, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 15 (1): 73-93 - 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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