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    Species Accepted

    Atractus microrhynchus (Cope, 1868)

    Cope's Ground Snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Atractus
    IUCNVulnerable

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Cope's Ground Snake English
      Short-nosed Ground Snake English
      Мелконосый атрактус Russian

      Treatments

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      Source Dataset

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      11 results
      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.
      Cope, E. D. (1868). An examination of the Reptilia and Batrachia obtained by the Orton Expedition to Equador and the Upper Amazon, with notes on other species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 96-140.
      PASSOS P, MELO-SAMPAIO PR, RAMOS LO, GRAZZIOTIN FG, FOUQUET A & TORRES-CARVAJAL O. (2022). When the tail shakes the snake: phylogenetic affinities and morphology of Atractus badius (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), reveals some current pitfalls on the snake’s genomic age. An Acad Bras Cienc 94: E20191254.
      Passos, Paulo; Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Dani Enrique Rivera, Cesar Aguilar, and Walter E Schargel. (2012). Rediscovery of Atractus microrhynchus and Reappraisal of the Taxonomic Status of A. emersoni and A. natans (Serpentes: Dipsadidae). Herpetologica 68 (3): 375-392.
      da Silva, Jr., N. J. and Sites, Jr., J. W. (1995). Patterns of diversity of neotropical squamate reptile species with emphasis on the Brazilian Amazon and the conservation potential of indigenous reserves. Conserv. Biol. 9 (4): 873-901.
      Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, S., Pasachnik, S. A. ... Evans, T. (2024). What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18.
      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., Bustamante, L., & Vieira, J. (2024). Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 Pp.
      Savage, J. M. (1960). A revision of the Ecuadorian snakes of the colubrid genus Atractus. Misc. Publ. Zool. Univ. Michigan 112: 1-86.

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