Atractus emigdioi

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Atractus emigdioi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Atractus
Species:
A. emigdioi
Binomial name
Atractus emigdioi

Atractus emigdioi, also known commonly as Emigdio's ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Venezuela. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, emigdioi, is in honor of Emigdio González-Sponga who collected the holotype. [3] :83

Geographic range

A. emigdioi is found in the Cordillera de Mérida in the Venezuelan states of Mérida and Trujillo. [1] [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. emigdioi is forest, at altitudes of 2,100–3,000 m (6,900–9,800 ft). [1]

Behavior

A. emigdioi is terrestrial [1] and semifossorial. [4]

Reproduction

A. emigdioi is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Atractus emigdioi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T68603351A68603356. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T68603351A68603356.en .
  2. 1 2 3 Atractus emigdioi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2021.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5.
  4. Schargel, WE; Castoe, TA (2003). "The Hemipenes of Some Snakes of the Semifossorial Genus Atractus, with Comments on Variation in the Genus". Journal of Herpetology. 37 (4): 718–721. doi:10.1670/7-02N. JSTOR   1565874.

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