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) Additional details (3843 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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