Atractus snethlageae CUNHA & NASCIMENTO, 1983
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Atractus snethlageae
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | Portuguese: Cobra-Cega, Cobra-da-terra, Falsa-Coral-Manchada, Fura-Terra |
| Synonym | Atractus flammigerus snethlageae CUNHA & NASCIMENTO 1983 Atractus major — SAVAGE 1960: 47 (part.) Atractus flammigerus — HOOGMOED 1980: 20 (part.) Atractus snethlageae — VANZOLINI 1986: 25 Atractus snethlageae — MARTINS & OLIVEIRA 1993 Atractus snethlagae — SILVA-HAAD 2004 Atractus snethlageae — PASSOS et al. 2007 Atractus snethlageae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 81 Atractus snethlageae — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 Atractus snethlageae – JORGE-DA-SILVA 1993 Atractus snethlageae – DOAN and ARIZABAL 2000 Atractus snethlageae – FROTA 2000 Atractus snethlageae – FROTA 2004 Atractus snethlageae – GIRAUDO & Scrocchi 2000 Atractus snethlageae – GIRAUDO 2004 Atractus snethlageae – BERNARDE & ABE 2006 Atractus snethlageae – GUTSCHE et al. 2007 Atractus snethlageae – GONZZLEZ & EMBERT 2008 Atractus snethlageae – PASSOS & FERNANDES 2008, (part.) Atractus snethlageae – PRUDENTE & PASSOS 2008, (part.) Atractus snethlageae – AVILA-PIRES et al. 2009 Atractus snethlageae – MARÇAL et al. 2011 Atractus snethlageae – BERNARDE et al. 2012 Atractus snethlageae – SCHARGEL et al. 2013, (part.) Atractus snethlageae – VAZ-SILVA et al. 2015, (part.) Atractus flammigerus – DIXON & Soini 1986 Atractus flammigerus – DUELLMAN & SALAS 1991 Atractus flammigerus – JORGE-DA-SILVA 1993 Atractus flammigerus – DUELLMAN 2005 Atractus flammigerus – DOAN & ARIZABAL 2002 Atractus flammigerus – CARILLO DE ESPINOZA & ICOCHEA 1995 Atractus schach – NASCIMENTO et al. 1988 Atractus schach – PASSOS & FERNANDES 2008 (partim Atractus schach – PRUDENTE & SANTOS-COSTA 2005 Atractus schach – PRUDENTE & PASSOS 2008 (part.) Atractus schach – BERNARDE et al. 2011 Atractus schach – BERNARDE et al. 2012 Atractus schach – WALDEZ et al. 2013 Atractus schach – VAZ-SILVA et al. 2015 (part.) Atractus schach – RODRIGUES et al. 2016 Atractus schach – BERNARDE et al. 2017 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Rondonia, Pará: [HR 31: 254], Maranhão), Suriname, Colombia (Amazonas, Boyacá), Bolivia (Pando), Peru (Cajamarca, San Martín, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali), Ecuador, N Argentina, elevation 0-1800 m. Type locality: Colônia Nova, Rio Gurupi, Pará, Rodovia Br-316, 10 Km antes do Gurupi, 01°26’ S, 47°32’ W. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MPEG 10.131, adult male |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of Atractus with 17 dorsal scales rows, differing from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) large size, adults reaching about 700 mm in TL; (2) loreal long (about three times longer than high); (3) generally seven (rarely eight) supralabials with third and fourth (fourth and fifth whenever eight supralabials are present) in contact with eye; (4) generally eight (rarely seven) infralabials with first four in contact with chinshields; (5) six to seven maxillary teeth; (6) 151–180 ventral scales in females and 137–165 in males; (7) 19–28 subcaudal scales in females and 27–45 in females; (8) tail of moderate length: Tail/TL 6.9– 17.6%; (9) dorsal color pattern of dark gray/brown ground coloration with pale crossbands or blotches usually edged in black, or dorsal ground color pale brown with dark brown or black blotches [SCHARGEL et al. 2013] |
| Comment | Similar species: A. major (in Ecuador); A. badius (in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru). Note that A. snethlageae is quite variable. A. schach (for examples of misidentifications see Passos et al. 2022). Synonymy: after Melo-Sampaio et al. 2021 (see refs. there) |
| Etymology | Named after Dr. Maria Elizabeth Emilia Snethlage (1868-1929), a German ornithologist and former assistant in zoology at Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. |
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