Atractus bocourti BOULENGER, 1894

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Bocourt's Ground Snake
Synonym	Atractus bocourti BOULENGER 1894: 306 Atractus bocourti — LEHR 2002: 90 Atractus bocourti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 69
Distribution	N Peru, Colombia Type locality: Acomayo, Departamento de Huanuco, Peru
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.24
Diagnosis
Comment	Distribution: Not in Ecuador fide Arteaga et al. 2017.
Etymology	Named after Marie Firmin Bocourt (1819-1904), French naturalist.
References	Arteaga A, Mebert K, Valencia JH, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Peñafiel N, Reyes-Puig C, Vieira-Fernandes JL, Guayasamin JM 2017. Molecular phylogeny of Atractus (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with emphasis on Ecuadorian species and the description of three new taxa. ZooKeys 661: 91-123. - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here 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 Lehr, E. 2002. Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. Natur und Tier-Verlag (Münster), 208 pp. - get paper here Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 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.
External links	IUCN Red List - Atractus bocourti - Least Concern, LC Google images

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