Atractus orcesi SAVAGE, 1955
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Atractus orcesi
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Atractus orcesi SAVAGE 1955: 17 Atractus occipitoalbus – SAVAGE 1960 (part.) Atractus orcesi — PASSOS et al. 2009 Atractus orcesi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 78 |
| Distribution | Ecuador, Colombia (Cauca, Huila, Putumayo, Amazon versant of the Andes from Parque Nacional Cueva de Los Guacharos (01° 49’ N, 75° 53’ W) in the Department of Cauca, Colombia, to Macas (02° 19’ S, 78° 07’ W) in the Province of Morona-Santiago, Ecuador, elevation 500–3000 m. Habitat: Amazon Most Broadest Forest and Andean Broadest Forest. Type locality: Loreto (00° 40’ S, 77° 19’ W, ca. 450 m elevation), Province of Orellana, Ecuador. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: CAS-SUR 15622, adult male, collected on October 1952 by J. Olalla. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis in Savage 1955: 17, and Passos et al. 2009. |
| Comment | Rhabdosoma orcesi has been synonymized previously with Atractus occipitoalbus (by SAVAGE 1960) but revalidated by Passos et al. 2009. |
| Etymology | Named after Professor Gustavo Orces V. (1902-1999), a zoologist and herpetologist who worked at the Polytechnic, Quito and who had a large snake collection that he made available to other researchers (now mostly at the Fundación Herpetológica Gustavo Orces at Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, Quito). |
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