Atractus dativus PASSOS, MENESES-PELAYO, RAMOS, MARTINS, MACHADO, LOPES, BARRIO-AMORÓS & LYNCH, 2024
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Atractus dativus
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Atractus dativus PASSOS, MENESES-PELAYO, RAMOS, MARTINS, MACHADO, LOPES, BARRIO-AMORÓS & LYNCH 2024: 92 |
| Distribution | Colombia (Boyacá) Type locality: Vereda El Hato (ca. 3,840 m asl), near El Clarín stream, km 30 from Soata–Santa Rosa Road, municipality of Susacón (06°14′N, 72°42′W), department of Boyacá, Colombia (Figs. 80−82). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. ICN‐R 10726, Adult male, collected in 03 May 1981 by Pedro M. Ruiz. Paratypes. Three males, ICN-R 10725 and ICN-R 10727−28, same data as holotype (Fig. 82). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Atractus dativus can be distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) dorsal scale rows smooth, 17/17/17; (2) postoculars one or two; (3) loreal moderately long; (4) temporal formula 1 + 2; (5) supralabials seven, 3 and 4 contacting orbit; (6) infralabials six or seven, first three pairs contacting chinshields; (7) maxillary teeth 9−10; (8) gular scale rows four; (9) preventrals four or five; (10) ventrals 162−165 in males; (11) subcaudals 24−28 in males; (12) in preservative, dorsum of head and body beige with small black dots and spots edged by cream pigment along all of body; (13) in preservative, ventral surface of body creamish white with irregular black blotches and dots; (14) small body size, males reaching 273 mm SVL; (15) tail short in males (9.6−11.6% do CRC); (16) hemipenis slightly bilobed, semicapitate and semicalyculate; (17) laterosphenoid poorly developed. (Passos et al. 2024) Additional details (1409 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Only known from the type locality. |
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