Atractus emigdioi

Atractus emigdioi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Atractus
Species:	A. emigdioi
Binomial name
	Atractus emigdioi; González-Sponga, 1971

Last updated December 27, 2025

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]

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]

References

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 .
1 2 3 Atractus emigdioi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2021.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.

Esqueda LF, La Marca E (2005). "Revisión taxonómica y biogeográfica (con descripción de cinco nuevas especies) de serpientes del género Atractus (Colubridae: Dipsadinae) en los Ande de Venezuela". Herpetotropicos2 (1): 1–32. (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
González-Sponga MA (1971). "Atractus emigdioi (Serpentes: Colubridae) nueva especie para los Andes de Venezuela". Monografías Cientificas Augusto Pi Suñer, Instituto Pedagógico de Caracas (3): 1–11. (Atractus emigdioi, new species). (in Spanish).

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[iucn-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 .

[RDB-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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