Atractus mijaresi
| Atractus mijaresi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Atractus |
| Species: | A. mijaresi
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| Binomial name | |
| Atractus mijaresi | |
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Atractus pamplonensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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).