Atractus snethlageae CUNHA & NASCIMENTO, 1983
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Atractus snethlageae
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | Portuguese: Cobra-Cega, Cobra-da-terra, Falsa-Coral-Manchada, Fura-Terra |
| Synonym | Atractus flammigerus snethlageae CUNHA & NASCIMENTO 1983 Atractus major — SAVAGE 1960: 47 (part.) Atractus flammigerus — HOOGMOED 1980: 20 (part.) Atractus snethlageae — VANZOLINI 1986: 25 Atractus snethlageae — MARTINS & OLIVEIRA 1993 Atractus snethlagae — SILVA-HAAD 2004 Atractus snethlageae — PASSOS et al. 2007 Atractus snethlageae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 81 Atractus snethlageae — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 Atractus snethlageae – JORGE-DA-SILVA 1993 Atractus snethlageae – DOAN and ARIZABAL 2000 Atractus snethlageae – FROTA 2000 Atractus snethlageae – FROTA 2004 Atractus snethlageae – GIRAUDO & Scrocchi 2000 Atractus snethlageae – GIRAUDO 2004 Atractus snethlageae – BERNARDE & ABE 2006 Atractus snethlageae – GUTSCHE et al. 2007 Atractus snethlageae – GONZZLEZ & EMBERT 2008 Atractus snethlageae – PASSOS & FERNANDES 2008, (part.) Atractus snethlageae – PRUDENTE & PASSOS 2008, (part.) Atractus snethlageae – AVILA-PIRES et al. 2009 Atractus snethlageae – MARÇAL et al. 2011 Atractus snethlageae – BERNARDE et al. 2012 Atractus snethlageae – SCHARGEL et al. 2013, (part.) Atractus snethlageae – VAZ-SILVA et al. 2015, (part.) Atractus flammigerus – DIXON & Soini 1986 Atractus flammigerus – DUELLMAN & SALAS 1991 Atractus flammigerus – JORGE-DA-SILVA 1993 Atractus flammigerus – DUELLMAN 2005 Atractus flammigerus – DOAN & ARIZABAL 2002 Atractus flammigerus – CARILLO DE ESPINOZA & ICOCHEA 1995 Atractus schach – NASCIMENTO et al. 1988 Atractus schach – PASSOS & FERNANDES 2008 (partim Atractus schach – PRUDENTE & SANTOS-COSTA 2005 Atractus schach – PRUDENTE & PASSOS 2008 (part.) Atractus schach – BERNARDE et al. 2011 Atractus schach – BERNARDE et al. 2012 Atractus schach – WALDEZ et al. 2013 Atractus schach – VAZ-SILVA et al. 2015 (part.) Atractus schach – RODRIGUES et al. 2016 Atractus schach – BERNARDE et al. 2017 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Rondonia, Pará: [HR 31: 254], Maranhão), Suriname, Colombia (Amazonas, Boyacá), Bolivia (Pando), Peru (Cajamarca, San Martín, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali), Ecuador, N Argentina, elevation 0-1800 m. Type locality: Colônia Nova, Rio Gurupi, Pará, Rodovia Br-316, 10 Km antes do Gurupi, 01°26’ S, 47°32’ W. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MPEG 10.131, adult male |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of Atractus with 17 dorsal scales rows, differing from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) large size, adults reaching about 700 mm in TL; (2) loreal long (about three times longer than high); (3) generally seven (rarely eight) supralabials with third and fourth (fourth and fifth whenever eight supralabials are present) in contact with eye; (4) generally eight (rarely seven) infralabials with first four in contact with chinshields; (5) six to seven maxillary teeth; (6) 151–180 ventral scales in females and 137–165 in males; (7) 19–28 subcaudal scales in females and 27–45 in females; (8) tail of moderate length: Tail/TL 6.9– 17.6%; (9) dorsal color pattern of dark gray/brown ground coloration with pale crossbands or blotches usually edged in black, or dorsal ground color pale brown with dark brown or black blotches [SCHARGEL et al. 2013] 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 789 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Similar species: A. major (in Ecuador); A. badius (in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru). Note that A. snethlageae is quite variable. A. schach (for examples of misidentifications see Passos et al. 2022). Synonymy: after Melo-Sampaio et al. 2021 (see refs. there) |
| Etymology | Named after Dr. Maria Elizabeth Emilia Snethlage (1868-1929), a German ornithologist and former assistant in zoology at Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. |
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