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Atractus crassicaudatus (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL, 1854)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Thickhead Ground Snake 
SynonymRhabdosoma crassicaudatum DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 103
Rabdosoma crassicaudatum — JAN 1865
Atractus crassicaudatus — BOULENGER 1894: 310
Atractus Fuhrmanni PERACCA 1914: 100
Atractus colombianus PRADO 1940: 18
Atractus longimaculatus PRADO 1940: 17
Atractus crassicaudatus — DUNN 1944
Atractus crassicaudatus — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 28
Atractus crassicaudatus — PASSOS & ARREDONDO 2009
Atractus crassicaudatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 70
Atractus longimaculatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 75 
DistributionColombia (highlands)

Type locality: Bogotá (Cundinamarca), Colombia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 0601, MNHN-RA 7205 and MNHN-RA 1999.7938 (formerly MNHN-RA 7205A) (3 syntypes), USNM 11138 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy after PETERS et al. 1970 and PASSOS & LYNCH 2010.

Distribution: Smith (1958) lists this species for Panama although there no other reports seems to confirm this.

Distribution: listings for Panama probably based on Dunn & Bailey (1939), Auth (1994), and Ibáñez et al. (1995; 2001); the only Panamanian record, a head-only specimen reported by Dunn & Bailey (1939) and Ibáñez et al. (1995), became the holotype of A. imperfectus Myers 2003. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin crassus, thick and Latin caudatus, provided with a tail. [“...queue courte et robuste...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp. - get paper here
  • Duméril, A.M.C., G. BIBRON & A.H.A. DUMÉRIL 1854. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 1). Paris, xvi + 780 S. - get paper here
  • Dunn, Emmett R. 1944. Herpetology of the Bogota area. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exacta, Fisicas y Naturales 6: 68-81
  • Ibáñez D., R., F.A. Arosemena, F.A. Solís & C.A. Jaramillo A. 1995. Anfibios y reptiles de la Serranía Piedras-Pacora, Parque Nacional Chagres. Scientia (Panamá) 9, 1: 17–31 [1994]
  • Jan, G. 1865. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 11. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris - get paper here
  • Páez, V.P. et al. 2002. Guía de campo de algunas especies de anfibios y reptiles de Antioquia. Universidad de Antioquia, - 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, Paulo and John D. Lynch 2010. Revision of Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Middle and Upper Magdalena Drainage of Colombia. Herpetological Monographs 24 (1): 149-173 - get paper here
  • Paternina, R. Felipe; Víctor H. Capera-M. 2017. Atractus crassicaudatus (Duméril, Bibron y Duméril 1854). Serpiente sabanera. Catálogo de Anfibios y Reptiles de Colombia 3 (2): 7-13 - get paper here
  • Peracca, M.G. 1914. Reptiles et Batraciens de Colombie. Pp. 96-111 In: Fuhrmann, O. and E. Mayor (eds.), Voyage d'exploration scientifique en Colombie. Memoires de la Societe neuchateloise des Sciences naturelles, 5
  • Pérez-Santos, C. E. 1986. Zoogeografía de los Ophidia en Colombia. Univ. Complutense, Madrid, 2 vols., 971 pp.
  • Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp.
  • Prado, A. 1940. NOTAS OFIOLOGICAS·4. Cinco especies novas de serpentes colombianas do genero Atractus W AGLER. Mem. Inst. Butantan, Sào Paulo 13 [1939]: 15-19 + 2 plates - get paper here
  • Smith, H.M. 1958. Handlist of the snakes of Panamá. Herpetologica 14: 222-224. - get paper here
  • 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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