Atractus maculatus (GÜNTHER, 1858)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Spotted Ground Snake Portuguese: Coral-Falsa |
Synonym | Isoscelis maculata GÜNTHER 1858: 204 Rhabdosoma maculatum – GÜNTHER 1858: 241 (part.) Atractus maculatus — BOULENGER 1894: 306 Atractus maculatus — PETERS et al. 1970: 31 Atractus maculatus — FERNANDES et al. 2000 Atractus maculatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 75 Atractus maculatus — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 |
Distribution | Brazil (Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Pernambuco, Paraná [HR 27: 216]) Type locality: unknown/none given |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.6.46 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Atractus maculatus is distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) 17/17/17 smooth dorsal scale rows; (2) two postoculars; (3) long loreal; (4) temporals 1+2; (5) seven supralabials, third and fourth contacting orbit; (6) seven infralabials, first four contacting chinshields; (7) six to eight maxillary teeth; (8) three gular scale rows; (9) usually three preventrals; (10) 165 ventrals in the single female, 146–151 in males; (11) 19 subcaudals in female, 27–30 in males; (12) dorsum creamish yellow with wide transverse black blotches, occasionally fragmented into small dots; (13) venter uniformly creamish white; (14) moderate body size, female 284 mm SVL, males reaching 360 mm SVL; (15) tail small in female (8.1% SVL), moderate (11.3–15.6% SVL) in males; (16) hemipenis moderately bilobed, semicapitate, and semicalyculate [from PASSOS et al. 2010]. |
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