Atractus mijaresi

Atractus mijaresi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Atractus
Species:	A. mijaresi
Binomial name
Atractus mijaresi Esqueda & La Marca, 2005

Atractus mijaresi is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Venezuela. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, mijaresi, is in honor of Venezuelan herpetologist Abraham Mijares-Urrutia. ^{[3] : 178}

Taxonomy

Atractus mijaresi was described in 2005 as a species new to science by Esqueda and La Marca. ^[4] In 2024 Passos et al. considered it to be a junior synonym of Atractus pamplonensis , which had been described by Amaral in 1935. ^[2]

References

1. Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. (2016). "Atractus mijaresi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T67610704A67610712. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T67610704A67610712.en .
2. Atractus pamplonensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2021.
3. Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5.
4. "ITIS – Report: Atractus mijaresi ". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-15.

Further reading

• Esqueda, L.F.; La Marca, E. (2005). "Revisión taxonómica y biogeográfica (con descripción de cinco nuevas especies) del género Atractus (Colubridae: Dipsadinae) en los Andes de Venezuela". Herpetotrópicos. 2 (1): 1–32. (Atractus mijaresi, new species). (in Spanish).
• Passos, P.; Meneses-Pelayo, E.; Ramos, L.O.; Martins, A.R.; Machado, A.; Lopes, R.T.; Barrio-Amorós, C.; Lynch, J.D. (2024). "Taxonomy without borders: Revision of the genus Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Andes between Colombia and Venezuela". South American Journal of Herpetology. 32 (sp1): 1–123. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).