Atractus taphorni SCHARGEL & GARCÍA-PÉREZ, 2002
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Atractus taphorni
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Atractus taphorni SCHARGEL & GARCÍA-PÉREZ 2002 Atractus taphorni — PASSOS et al. 2009 Atractus taphorni — WALLACH et al. 2014: 81 Atractus taphorni — PASSOS et al. 2024: 83 |
| Distribution | Venezuela (Mérida: Cordillera de Mérida) Type locality: La Carbonera, Cordillera de Mérida, 2200 m, Mérida, Venezuela (8°37’52’’ N, 71°22’08’’ W) |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCNG 1905, adult male, collected 26 July 1993 by A. Lobo |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Atractus taphorni can be distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) dorsal scale rows smooth, 15/15/15; (2) postoculars two; (3) loreal long; (4) temporal formula 1 + 2; (5) supralabials usually seven, 3 and 4 contacting eye; (6) infralabials usually seven, 1−3 contacting chinshields; (7) maxillary teeth 10−12; (8) gular scale rows usually three; (9) preventrals usually three (10) ventrals 150−160 in females, 153−155 in males; (11) subcaudals 17−20 in females, 23−29 in males; (12) in preservative, dorsum dark brown or black with vertebral and dorsolateral black stripe cream bordered; (13) in preservative, ventral ground color dark brown to black, sometimes with cream lateral stripes covering paraventral region; (14) moderate body size, females reaching 433 mm SVL, males 408 mm SVL; (15) tail length moderate long in females (10.0−11.7% SVL) and males (11.8−14.2% SVL); (16) hemipenis slightly bilobed, non‐capitate, non‐calyculate; (17) laterosphenoid present, well developed. (Passos et al. 2024) 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 3843 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after Donal C. Taphorn, founder of the Museum of Zoology of the Biocentro-UNELLEZ (MCNG). |
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