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    Species Accepted

    Atractus iridescens Peracca, 1896

    Iridescent Ground Snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Atractus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

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      Iridescent Ground Snake English

      Treatments

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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Peters, James A.; Donoso-Barros, Roberto & Orejas-Miranda, Braulio. (1970). Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part I Snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 297: 347 Pp.
      Arteaga, A., Bustamante, L., & Vieira, J. (2024). Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 Pp.
      Peracca, M. G. (1896). Sopra alcuni Ofidii nuovi o poco noti dell’America meridionale. Boll. Mus. Zool. Comp. Anat. Univ. Torino 11 (252): 1-4.
      Passos, P.; Mueses-Cisneros, J.J.; Lynch, J.D. & Fernandes, R. (2009). Pacific lowland snakes of the genus Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), with description of three new species. Zootaxa 2293: 1–34.
      Arteaga A, Mebert K, Valencia JH, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Peñafiel N, Reyes-Puig C, Vieira-Fernandes JL, & Guayasamin JM. (2017). Molecular phylogeny of Atractus (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with emphasis on Ecuadorian species and the description of three new taxa. ZooKeys 661: 91-123.
      Pinto-Erazo, M. A., Calderón-Espinosa, M. L., Medina-Rangel, G. F., & Méndez-Galeano, M. A. (2020). Herpetofauna from two municipalities of southwestern Colombia. Biota Colombiana 21(1): 41-57. DOI: 10.21068/C2020.V21n01a04.
      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.
      Bernal, R. (2025). Serpientes de Colombia-Guía de Campo. Serie de Guías Tropicales de Campo. 19: 396 Pp. Conservación Internacional Colombia, Bogotá.

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