Atractus zebrinus (JAN, 1862)
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Atractus zebrinus
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | Portuguese: Cobra-Coral, Cobra-Rajada, Cobrinha-da-Terra, Coral-Falsa, Fura-Terra |
| Synonym | Rhabdosoma zebrinum JAN 1862: 15 Rhabdosoma maculatus – GÜNTHER 1858: 421 (part.) Atractus maculatus – BOULENGER 1894: 306. (part.) Atractus guentheri – AMARAL 1978: 114 Atractus cf. guentheri – LEMA 1994: 105. (part.) Atractus maculatus – MOURA-LEITE et al. 1996:216 Atractus zebrinus – FERNANDES et al. 2000:4 Atractus zebrinus — PASSOS et al. 2005 Atractus zebrinus — CACCIALI et al. 2007 Atractus zebrinus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 84 Atractus zebrinus — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo) Type locality: unknown |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MSNM (= MCHNM); Specimen without defined locality, originally housed at Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Jan 1862), believed to have been destroyed during the Second World War (S. Scali, cited in Passos et al. 2010). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Atractus zebrinus is distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) 17/17/17 smooth dorsal scale rows; (2) two postoculars; (3) loreal moderate; (4) temporals 1+2; (5) seven supralabials, third and fourth contacting orbit; (6) generally seven infralabials, first four contacting chinshields; (7) eight to ten maxillary teeth; (8) generally three gular scale rows; (9) generally three preventrals; (10) 149–170 ventrals in females, 136–153 in males; (11) 15–27 subcaudals in females, 20–32 in males; (12) dorsum creamish red with irregular transverse black blotches with white borders in adults; (13) venter immaculate creamish white; (14) moderate body size, with females reaching 600 mm SVL and males 457 mm SVL; (15) tail short in females (6.8–11.7% SVL), moderate to long (10.0–16.5% SVL) in males; (16) hemipenis slightly or moderate bilobed, semicapitate, and semicalyculate [Passos et al. 2010]. |
| Comment | Synonymy mostly after PASSOS et al. 2010. Has been previously considered as a synonym of Atractus maculatus (e.g. BOULENGER 1894). Similar species: A. triherurus (for examples of misidentifications see Passos et al. 2022). |
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