Atractus alphonsehogei, also known commonly as Alphonse's ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Brazil.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Atractus |
| Species: | A. alphonsehogei
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| Binomial name | |
| Atractus alphonsehogei Cunha & Nascimento, 1983
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Etymology edit
The specific name, alphonsehogei, is in honor of Brazilian-born Belgian herpetologist Alphonse Richard Hoge.[3]
Geographic range edit
A. alphonsehogei is found in northern Brazil, in the Brazilian states of Amazonas, Maranhão, Pará, and Roraima.[1][2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of A. alphonsehogei is forest.[1]
Description edit
A. alphonsehogei may attain a snout-to-vent length of about 28 cm (11 in) in females, and about 22 cm (8.7 in) in males. Dorsally, it is brown to grayish black, with a cream-colored incomplete occipital collar. Ventrally, it is cream-colored, with a dark line running down each side of the belly, near the ends of the ventrals. Each smooth dorsal scale has one, or rarely two, apical pits. The dorsal scales are arranged in 17 rows throughout the whole length of the body (17/17/17). Mature males have tubercles in the cloacal region.[2]
Behavior edit
A. alphonsehogei is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Diet edit
A. alphonsehogei preys predominately upon earthworms.[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo , A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira , M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z.; da Costa, T.B.G. (2019). "Atractus alphonsehogei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15157797A123738628. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T15157797A123738628.en. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d Atractus alphonsehogei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2021.
- ^ 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 alphonsehogei, p. 6; Hoge, p. 125).
Further reading edit
- Cunha OR, Nascimento FP (1983). "Ofidios da Amazonia 20 – As especies de Atractus Wagler, 1828, na Amazonia oriental & Maranhão (Ophidia, Colubridae)". Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Nova Serie, Zoologia (123): 1–38. (Atractus alphonsehogei, new species). (in Portuguese).
- Martins M, Oliveira ME (1993). "The snakes of the genus Atractus Wagler (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) from the Manaus region, central Amazonia, Brazil". Zoologische Mededelingen 67: 21–40.
- Passos P, Prudente ALC, Ramos LO, Caicedo-Portilla JR, Lynch JD (2018). "Species delimitations in the Atractus collaris complex (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)". Zootaxa 4392 (3): 491–520.
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