Atractus loveridgei AMARAL, 1930
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Loveridge's Ground Snake |
| Synonym | Atractus loveridgei AMARAL 1930: 28
Atractus loveridgei — PASSOS & ARREDONDO 2009
Atractus loveridgei — WALLACH et al. 2014: 75 |
| Distribution | Colombia (Antioquia)
Type locality: Jericó, Dep. de Antioquia, Colombia
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ R-29059 |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after Arthur Loveridge (1891-1980), American herpetologist. |
| References |
- Amaral,A. do 1930. Studies of neotropical Ophidia XVI. Two new snakes from Central Colombia. Bull. Antivenin Inst. America 4: 27-28
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Páez, V.P. et al. 2002. Guía de campo de algunas especies de anfibios y reptiles de Antioquia. Universidad de Antioquia, - get paper here
- Passos, P. & Arredondo, J.C. 2009. Rediscovery and redescription of the Andean earth-snake Atractus wagleri (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 1969: 59–68 - get paper here
- Passos, Paulo, Juan C. Arredondo, Ronaldo Fernandes and John D. Lynch 2009. Three new Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Andes of Colombia. Copeia 2009 (3): 425-436 - get paper here
- Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp.
- Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
- Williams E E 1982. Arthur Loveridge—A Life in Retrospect. Breviora (471): 1-12 - get paper here
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