Atractus clarki DUNN & BAILEY, 1939

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Clark's Ground Snake
Synonym	Atractus clarki DUNN & BAILEY 1939 Atractus clarki — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 28 Atractus clarki — MYERS 2003: 10 Atractus clarki — WALLACH et al. 2014: 70
Distribution	Panama, Colombia (incl. Valle del Cauca) Type locality: from a mine at Santa Cruz de Cana (± 07º46’N, 77º41ºW, ca. 500 m elevation), province of Darién, Panamá
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 28800, adult female, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, collected on 1938 by a native worker (photographs examined).
Diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS: Atractus clarki is readily distinguished from other Panamanian species in having a uniformly pale venter, narrow pale dorsal bars, pale dashes on the lower scale rows, and in having a relatively large eye whose length is noticeably greater than its distance to lip and which is contained less than two times in length of the loreal plate.
Comment	Only known from 2 specimens.
Etymology	Named after Dr. Herbert Charles Clark (1877-1960), the first Director of Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, Panama (1929-1954).
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Dunn, Emmett R. & Bailey, Joseph R. 1939. Snakes from the uplands of the Canal Zone and of Darien. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 86 (1): 1-22 - get paper here Myers, C.W. 2003. Rare Snakes—Five New Species from Eastern Panama: Reviews of Northern Atractus and Southern Geophis (Colubridae: Dipsadinae). American Museum Novitates 3391: 1-47 - get paper here Passos, P.; Mueses-Cisneros, J.J.; Lynch, J.D. & Fernandes, R. 2009. Pacific lowland snakes of the genus Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), with description of three new species. Zootaxa 2293: 1–34 - get paper here Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp. Valencia-Zuleta A, Jaramillo-Martínez AF, Echeverry-Bocanegra A, Viáfara-Vega R, Hernández-Córdoba O, Cardona-Botero VE, Gutiérrez-Zúñiga J, Castro-Herrera F. 2014. Conservation status of the herpetofauna, protected areas, and current problems in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8 (2): 1–18 (e87) - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/404983438392927 Google images

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