Atractus ronnie PASSOS, FERNANDES & BORGES-NOJOSA, 2007
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Atractus ronnie
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Portuguese: Cobra-da-Terra |
| Synonym | Atractus ronnie PASSOS, FERNANDES & BORGES-NOJOSA 2007 Atractus ronnie — WALLACH et al. 2014: 80 Atractus ronnie — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | NE Brazil (Ceará) Type locality: Brazil, Ceará State, Serra de Baturité, municipality of Pacoti, Granja, 04°10’S, 38°55’W, ca. 800 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MNRJ 14194, adult female, 10 April 1998, D. M. Borges-Nojosa. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) rostral slightly visible in dorsal view; (2) head flattened in lateral view; (3) two postoculars; (4) long loreal; (5) seven upper and lower labials; (6) 17 dorsal scale rows at midbody; (7) seven maxillary teeth (five prediastemal and two post-diastemal); (8) ventral scales 154–160 in females and 134–144 in males; (9) subcaudal scales 17–20 in females and 20–25 in males; (10) dorsal ground color in preserved specimens yellowish white to reddish brown, uniformly scattered with dark brown dots; (11) ventral ground color creamish white; (12-13) size; (14) hemipenis slightly bilobed, semicapitate, with lateral-tip projections. |
| Comment | Habitat: fossorial Behavior: nocturnal |
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