Atractus albuquerquei

Atractus albuquerquei, commonly known as the Albuquerque ground snake, is a species of small burrowing colubrid snake. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Atractus albuquerquei

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Atractus
Species:
A. albuquerquei
Binomial name
Atractus albuquerquei
Cunha & Nascimento, 1983

Etymology

The specific name, albuquerquei, is in honor of Brazilian entomologist Dalcy de Oliveira Albuquerque (1902–1982).[2]

Habitat and geographic range

A. albuquerquei is found in forested areas and Cerrado habitats in the Brazilian states of Rondônia, Pará, Acre, Goias, Mato Grosso, and Mato Grosso do Sul.[1][3]

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References
  1. Costa, G.C. (2010). "Atractus albuquerquei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T176349A7223432. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176349A7223432.en. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Atractus albuquerquei, p. 4).
  3. "Atractus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

Further reading
  • da Cunha OR, do Nascimento FP (1983). "Ofidios da Amazonia 20 - As especies de Atractus Wagler, 1828, na Amazonia oriental & Maranhao (Ophidia, Colubridae) ". Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi Nova Serie Zoologia (123): 1-38. (Atractus albuquerquei, new species). (in Portuguese).


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