Atractus caxiuana

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Atractus caxiuana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Atractus
Species:
A. caxiuana
Binomial name
Atractus caxiuana
Prudente & Santos-Costa, 2006

Atractus caxiuana is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species can be found in Brazil and Colombia. [2] Juveniles have yellow blotches on their nasal region as well as behind their eyes, with a brown body and darker vertebral line one scale wide. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo , A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira , M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z; Guedes da Costa, T.B. (2021). "Atractus caxiuana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T15157953A15157956. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Atractus caxiuana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Passos, Paulo; Ramos, Luciana O.; Pinna, Pedro H.; Prudente, Ana L.C. (3 December 2013). "Morphological variation and affinities of the poorly known snake Atractus caxiuana (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)". Zootaxa. 3745 (1): 35–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3745.1.3. PMID   25113336.
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