Atractus albuquerquei
| Atractus albuquerquei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Atractus |
| Species: | A. albuquerquei
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| Binomial name | |
| Atractus albuquerquei Cunha & Nascimento, 1983
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Atractus albuquerquei, commonly known as the Albuquerque ground snake, is a species of small burrowing colubrid snake. The species is endemic to Brazil.
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]
References
- ^ a b Template:IUCN2010.4
- ^ 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).
- ^ "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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