Atractus dapsilis MELO-SAMPAIO, PASSOS, FOUQUET, COSTA-PRUDENTE & TORRES-CARVAJAL, 2019
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Atractus dapsilis
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Portuguese: Cobra-da-terra, Falsa-Coral-Manchada, Fura-Terra |
| Synonym | Atractus dapsilis MELO-SAMPAIO, PASSOS, FOUQUET, COSTA-PRUDENTE & TORRES-CARVAJAL 2019 Atractus badius var. E — BOULENGER 1894: 309 Atractus schach — MARTINS & OLIVEIRA 1993: 32, fig. 4d, 6b Atractus schach — MARTINS & OLIVEIRA 1998: 97, plate 22 Atractus schach — FRAGA et al., 2013: 158 Atractus schach — MORATO et al. 2014: 93 Atractus schach — MORATO et al. 2018: 10 Atractus snethlageae — ZIMMERMAN & RODRIGUES 1990 Atractus snethlageae — MARTINS & OLIVEIRA 1993: 34, fig. 4e, 6c Atractus snethlageae — MARTINS & OLIVEIRA 1998: 97, plate 23 Atractus snethlageae — FRAGA et al. 2013: 160 Atractus snethlageae — MORATO et al. 2014: 94 Atractus snethlageae — MORATO et al. 2018: 10 Atractus snethlageae — SCHARGEL et al. 2013: 465 Atractus dapsilis — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Para, Amazonas), Suriname Type locality: Platô Teofilo, Flona Saraca-Taquera (1°42' 51.6" S, 56°24' 34.0" W), alt. 97 m asl, Oriximina, Para, Brazil. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MNRJ 14914, adult male: coll. E. G. Pereira and team, 1 February 2007. Paratypes. All adult females from Brazil: PARA: Oriximina MNRJ 14913: coll. E. G. Pereira and team, 30 January 2007. MNRJ 14915: coll. E. G. Pereira and team, 30 January 2007. MNRJ 16799: coll. R. R. Pinto and team, 19 March 2008. MNRJ 16801: coll. R. R. Pinto and team, 20 March 2008. MNRJ 16802: coll. R. R. Pinto and team, 30 June 2008. MNRJ 16803: coll. R. R. Pinto and team, 1 June 2008. MPEG 23759: coll. F. L. Trein, 12 August 2009. MPEG 21570: coll. R. R. Carvalho Jr., 20 May 2006. IBSP 87633: coll. S. Morato, 1 March 2014. MNRJ 16796: coll. R. R. Pinto and team, 8 March 2008. Terra Santa INPA-H 31489: coll. Unknown, 2 August 2011. Amazonas: Manaus MZUSP 3713 coll. K. Lenko, September 1962 (307'00.0"S, 6000'00.0"W) atl. 42m asl. Rio Preto da Eva MZUSP 8659 coll. B. Zimmerman, 1985, Reserva 41 – INPA/ WWF (225'00.0"S, 5943'00.0"W) alt. 81m asl. Presidente Figueredo MPEG 17426 coll. Rescue Team, 26 January 1988. MPEG 17427 coll. S^onia, 27 January 1988; MPEG 17539 coll. Rescue Team, 11 May 1988. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Atractus dapsilis is distinguished from all congeners by the combination of the following characters: (1) smooth dorsal scale rows 17/17/17; (2) postoculars two; (3) loreal long; (4) temporal formula 1 þ 2; (5) supralabials seven, third and fourth contacting eye; (6) infralabials eight, first four contacting chinshields; (7) six or seven maxillary teeth; (8) gular scale rows three; (9) preventrals three; (10) ventrals 167–182 in females, 152–166 in males; (11) subcaudals 21–26 in females, 30–37 in males; (12) in preservative, dorsum beige to pale brown with a series of dark brown regular bands (21–40 in females, 19–32 in males), some of which are in contact dorsomedially or black with pale bands (morphotype more frequent in males); (13) in preservative, venter pale cream with brown dots forming an inconspicuous midventral line; (14) moderate body size in females (maximum 500mm SVL) and in males (maximum 360mm SVL); (15) small tail in females (7.3–10% SVL), moderately long in males (13.3–17.6% SVL); (16) hemipenis strongly bilobed, semicapitate, and semicaliculate. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The specific epithet 'dapsilis' is a neuter Latin adjective meaning abundant or bountiful, in reference for the relative local abundance of the new species, which unlike many other congeners is described based on a large sample size. |
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