Atractus muisca PASSOS, MENESES-PELAYO, RAMOS, MARTINS, MACHADO, LOPES, BARRIO-AMORÓS & LYNCH, 2024
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Atractus muisca
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Atractus muisca PASSOS, MENESES-PELAYO, RAMOS, MARTINS, MACHADO, LOPES, BARRIO-AMORÓS & LYNCH 2024: 95 |
| Distribution | Colombia (Boyacá and adjacent Santander), elevation 1,700−2,700 m Type locality: border between departments of Boyacá and Santander (ca. 06°02′N, 72°57′W), Colombia (Figs. 83, 84). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. ICN-R 2849, Adult male, collected by Oscar Pin‐ to in June 06 1980 at Belén–Encino Highway. Paratypes. Ten specimens from department of Santand‐ er, Colombia: male, ICN-R 10708, collected by Pedro M. Ruiz and team in May 07 1981 at El Reloj (ca. 1,750 m asl), municipality of Virolín (06°06′N, 73°12′W); female, ICN‐R 2604, and two males (ICN‐R 2602, 2605), collected by G. Lozano and team between 12−22 May 1976 at Fin‐ ca La Sierra (ca. 2,400−2,700 m asl), locality of El Encino, municipality of Virolin; female (UIS-R 1160) from La Sier‐ ra Farm, Santuario Fauna y Flora Guanentá (06°01′13′′N, 73°07′08′′; 2,000−3,800 m asl), Upper Fonce River, Charalá–Duitama highway; three males (UIS-R 559−61), from Vereda Santa Helena, from La Sierra Farm, Santuario Fauna y Flora Guanentá, Upper Fonce River, Charalá–Dui‐ tama Highway; male (UIS‐R 4399) from Cerro El Santísimo (07°04′56.777′′N, 73°04′6.694′′W), municipality of Flor‐ idablanca; and male (UIS-R 4695) from Finca Palo Santo (06°43′34.810′′N, 72°44′47.609′′W), Vereda Pescaderito, municipality of Málaga (Figs. 85−89). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Atractus muisca can be distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) dorsal scale rows smooth, 17/17/17; (2) postoculars two; (3) loreal long; (4) temporal formula 1 + 2; (5) supralabials seven, 3 and 4 contacting eye; (6) infralabials seven, 1−3 contacting chinshields; (7) maxillary teeth 7−11; (8) usually four gular scale rows; (9) preventrals four; (10) ventrals 179−181 in females, 150−175 in males; (11) subcaudals 19−22 in females, 23−32 in males; (12) in preservative, dorsum beige to variegated brown with black blotches and spots on the paravertebral region, sometimes with connected to black irregular vertebral stripe; (13) in preservative, ventral ground color cream with squared black blotches irregularly distributed; (14) moderate body size, females reaching 470 mm SVL, males 462 mm SVL; (15) tail short in females (7.9−9.2% SVL), moderate (10.3−15.2% SVL) in males; (16) hemipenis moderately bilobed, semicapitate, semicalyculate; (17) laterosphenoid poorly developed. (Passos et al. 2024) Additional details (2153 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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