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Distribution

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Continent: South-America
Distribution: Brazil (Rondonia, ParÃ¡, Acre, GoiÃ¡s, Mato Grosso, and Mato Grosso do Sul)
Type locality: no lugar Villa Nova, PA-256, prÃ³ximo ao Rio Timboteua, rodovia TomÃ©-Acu-Paragominas. [in forested area south of the river GuamÃ¡, near the river Timboteua, in the locality called Vila Nova, on the road PA-256, between TomÃ©-AÃ§u and Paragominas, ParÃ¡, Brazil).

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Atractus albuquerquei

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Atractus albuquerquei, commonly known as the Albuquerque ground snake, is a species of small burrowing snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

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

Habitat

A. albuquerquei prefers forested areas and Cerrado habitats, at altitudes from sea level to 1,600 m (5,200 ft).^[1]

Geographic range

A. albuquerque is found in the Brazilian states of Acre, Goias, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, and Rondônia,^[1] and in Bolivia.^[3]^[4]

Description

A. albuquerquei is dark brown to black dorsally, and cream or yellow ventrally. It has smooth dorsal scales. It can grow to a total length of 77 cm (30.3 in).^[4]

Reproduction

A. albuquerquei is oviparous.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Silveira, A.L.; Argôlo , A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Strüssmann , C.; Loebmann, D.; Barbo, F.E.; Franco, F.L.; Costa, G.C.; de Moura, G.J.B.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira , M.E.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Marques, O.A.V.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Kawashita-Ribeiro, R.A.; Sawaya, R.J.; da Costa, T.B.G. (2019). "Atractus albuquerquei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T176349A123178702. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T176349A123178702.en. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
^ 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).
^ ^a ^b Atractus albuquerquei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Powell, Randy L.; Eversole, Cord B.; Lizarro, Dennis; Crocker, Ashton V.; Surovic, Elizabeth A.; Calderón Vaca, Gonzalo (2020). "Atractus albuquerquei Cunha & Nascimento, 1983 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae): range extension and new country record for Bolivia". Check List. 16 (2): 383–386. doi:10.15560/16.2.383.

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Atractus albuquerquei: Brief Summary