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Atractus eriki

Atractus eriki is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.

Atractus eriki
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Atractus
Species:
A. eriki
Binomial name
Atractus eriki
Esqueda, La Marca & Bazó, 2005

Etymology edit

The specific name, eriki, is in honor of Erik La Marca (born 1990), who is the youngest son of Venezuelan herpetologist Enrique La Marca.[2]

Geographic range edit

A. eriki is native to the western slope of the Cordillera de Mérida in the western Venezuelan states of Mérida, Táchira, and Trujillo.[1][3]

Habitat edit

The preferred natural habitat of A. eriki is forest, at altitudes of 900–1,500 m (3,000–4,900 ft).[1]

Reproduction edit

A. eriki is oviparous.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2019). "Atractus eriki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T67610399A67610404. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T67610399A67610404.en. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. ^ 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 eriki, p. 85).
  3. ^ a b Atractus eriki at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2021.

Further reading edit

  • Esqueda LF, La Marca E, Bazó S (2005). "Un nuevo colúbrido fossorial del género Atractus (Dipsadinae) de la vertiente lacustre de Los Andes de Venezuela". Herpetotropicos 2 (2): 87–93. (Atractus eriki, new species). (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
  • Natera Mumaw, Marco; Esqueda González, Luis Felipe; Castelain Fernández, Manuel (2015). Serpientes de Venezuela: Una Vision Actual de su Diversidad. Santiago de Chile: Dimacofi Negocios Avanzados S.A. 456 pp. (in Spanish).
  • Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
  • Wallach V, Williams KL, Boundy J (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press, an Imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. 1,237 pp. ISBN 978-1482208474. (Atractus eriki, p. 72).



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