Atractus lancinii explained
Atractus lancinii, also known commonly as Lancini's ground snake and tigrita in Venezuelan Spanish,[1] is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.
Etymology
The specific name, lancinii, is in honor of Venezuelan herpetologist Abdem Ramón Lancini.[2]
Description
A. lancinii may attain a total length (including tail) of, but most adults are around long. The head is not distinct from the neck. The eye is rather small, and the pupil is round. The body is cylindrical, and the tail is short. The dorsal scales are smooth, without apical pits, and are arranged in 17 rows throughout the length of the body.[1]
Geographic range
A. lancinii is found in the Central Coastal Range of Venezuela, in the Distrito Federal and the states of Carabobo and Miranda.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. lancinii is forest, at altitudes of .
Reproduction
A. lancinii is oviparous.
Further reading
- Book: Paul M. Kornacker . Kornacker . PM . 1999 . Checklist and key to the snakes of Venezuela: Lista sistemática y clave para las serpientes de Venezuela . Rheinbach, Germany . PaKo-Verlag . 64 . 978-3980624008 . es, en.
- Book: Marco A. Natera . Natera-Mumaw . M . Luis Felipe Esqueda . Esqueda-González . LF . Manuel Castelaín Fernández . Castelaín-Fernández . M . 2015 . Atlas Serpientes de Venezuela . Santiago de Chile, Chile . Dimacofi Negocios Avanzados S.A. . 456 . es.
- Janis Roze . Roze . JA . 1961 . El género Atractus (Serpentes: Colubridae) en Venezuela . Acta Biologica Venezuelica . 3 . 7 . 103–119 . es.
- Book: Josefa Celsa Señaris . Señaris . J. Celsa . Aristeguieta . Padrón . María . Matilde . Rojas Gil . Haidy . Fernando J.M. Rojas-Runjaic . Rojas-Runjaic . Fernando J.M. . 2018 . Guía ilustrada de los anfibios y reptiles del valle de Caracas, Venezuela . Caracas, Venezuela . Ediciones IVIC (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas) . 348 . es.
Notes and References
- Atractus lancinii " at Clinical Toxinology Resources. The University of Adelaide. Adelaide, Australia. www.toxinology.com.
- Book: Bo Beolens . Beolens . Bo . Michael Watkins (zoologist) . Watkins . Michael . Michael Grayson . Grayson . Michael . 2011 . The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles . Baltimore . Johns Hopkins University Press . xiii + 296 . 978-1-4214-0135-5.
