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    Species Accepted

    Atractus gigas Myers & Schargel, 2006

    Giant Ground Snake

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      1 result
      Giant Ground Snake English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      12 results
      Melo-Sampaio PR, & Venegas PJ. (2023). A new species of groundsnake genus Atractus Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from the Peruvian Andes revealed by unequivocal morphological characters. Evolutionary Systematics 7(2): 257-266.
      Arteaga A, Quezada A, Vieira J, & Guayasamin JM. (2022). Leaving no stone unturned: three additional new species of Atractus ground snakes (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Ecuador discovered using a biogeographical approach. ZooKeys 1121: 175–210.
      Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. (2019). Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (E178).
      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.
      Beolens, B., & Michael Watkins, a. M. G. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.
      Arteaga AF, & Bustamante-Enríquez LM and Guayasamin JM. (2013). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Mindo. http://www.tropicalherping.com.
      PASSOS, PAULO; AGUSTÍN SCANFERLA; PAULO R. MELO-SAMPAIO; JORGE BRITO; ANA ALMENDARIZ. (2018). A giant on the ground: another large-bodied Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadinae) from Ecuadorian Andes, with comments on the dietary specializations of the goo-eaters snakes. An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.
      Passos, P., Dobiey, M., & Venegas, P. J. (2010). Variation and natural history notes on giant groundsnake, Atractus gigas (Serpentes: Dipsadidae). South American J. Herp. 5 (2): 73-82.
      O’Shea, M. (2018). The Book of Snakes. Ivy Press / Quarto Publishing, London,.
      Arteaga, A., Bustamante, L., & Vieira, J. (2024). Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 Pp.

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