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Atractus lancinii ROZE, 1961

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Lancini's Ground Snake 
SynonymAtractus lancinii ROZE 1961: 112
Atractus lancinii — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 30
Atractus lancinii — KORNACKER 1999: 64
Atractus lancinii — PASSOS & ARREDONDO 2009
Atractus lancinii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 74
Atractus lancinii — PASSOS et al. 2024: 72 
DistributionVenezuela (Distrito Federal, Miranda ?, Carabobo)

Type locality: El Junquito (1900 m), Distrito Federal, Venezuela (10°28′N, 67°05′W; ca. 1,900 m asl)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCNC (given as MCN, also as MCN-USB, Caracas) 574, a 342 mm female (R. Lancini, Aug. 1958). 574, a 342 mm female (R. Lancini, Aug. 1958). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Un Atractus con 17 hileras dorsales, relacionado con el A. badius del cual se distingue por tener más numerosas escamas ventrales: 174 (contra 146 a 157 en los dos sexos de A. badius) y menos número de subcaudales. Posee 8 (4,5) supralabiales y ninguna preocular y 9 dientes maxilares.” (Roze 1961)


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References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Esqueda, Luis Felipe, Enrique La Marca, Marco Natera and Pietro Battiston 2001. Noteworthy reptilian state records and a lizard species new to the herpetofauna of Venezuela. Herpetological Review 32 (3):198-200 - get paper here
  • Kornacker,P.M. 1999. Checklist and key to the snakes of Venezuela. PaKo-Verlag, Rheinbach, Germany, 270 pp.
  • Lancini,A.R. & Kornacker,P.M. 1989. Die Schlangen von Venezuela. Armitano Editores C.A., Caracas, 1-381
  • Natera-Mumaw, Marco; Luis Felipe Esqueda-González & Manuel Castelaín-Fernández 2015. Atlas Serpientes de Venezuela. Santiago de Chile, Dimacofi Negocios Avanzados S.A., 456 pp. - get paper here
  • Passos, P. & Arredondo, J.C. 2009. Rediscovery and redescription of the Andean earth-snake Atractus wagleri (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 1969: 59–68 - get paper here
  • Passos, P., Meneses-Pelayo, E., Ramos, L. O., Martins, A. R., Machado, A., Lopes, R. T., ... & Lynch, J. D. 2024. Taxonomy without borders: Revision of the genus Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Andes between Colombia and Venezuela. South American Journal of Herpetology, 32(sp1), 1-123 - get paper here
  • RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - get paper here
  • Roze, Jánis A. 1961. El genero Atractus (Serpentes: Colubridae) en Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 3 (7): 103-119
  • Señaris, J. Celsa; María Matilde Aristeguieta Padrón, Haidy Rojas Gil y Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic 2018. Guía ilustrada de los anfibios y reptiles del valle de Caracas, Venezuela. Ediciones IVIC, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC). Caracas, Venezuela. 348 pp.
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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