Atractus alytogrammus KÖHLER & KIECKBUSCH, 2014
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Synonym | Atractus alytogrammus KÖHLER & KIECKBUSCH 2014 |
Distribution | Colombia (Guaviare) Type locality: Serrania de la Lindosa (2.46782°, -72.73155°), south of the municipality of San José del Guaviare, department of Guaviare, Colombia. |
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Types | Holotype: SMF 88371, male, collected on January 9, 1957 by Federico Medem. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of the genus Atractus that differs from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) 17 smooth dorsal scale rows; (2) preocular absent; (3) loreal present, approximately as long as high; (4) temporals 1+2; (5) seven supralabials; (6) seven infralabials; (7) five maxillary teeth; (8) four gular scale rows; (9) four pre-ventrals; (10) 187 ventrals in single male; (11) 29/31 subcaudals in single male; (12) dorsum of body with longitudinal stripes; (13) venter uniformly dark gray; (14) SVL of single male 297 mm; (15) small to moderate tail length in single male (11.8 % of SVL); (16) hemipenis morphology unknown. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1461 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Known from only 2 specimens (Angarita-Sierra 2019) |
Etymology | The name alytogrammus is a compound noun derived from alytos (Greek for “unbroken”) and gramme (Greek for “line”) referring to the continuous dorsolateral pale stripe in this species. |
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