Atractus caxiuana

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Silveira, A.L. |author2=Prudente, A.L. da C. |author3=Argôlo , A.J.S. |author4=Abrahão, C.R. |author5=Nogueira, C. de C. |author6=Barbo, F.E. |author7=Costa, G.C. |author8=Pontes, G.M.F. |author9=Colli, G.R. |author10=Zaher, H. el D. |author11=Borges-Martins, M. |author12=Martins, M.R.C. |author13=Oliveira , M.E. |author14=Passos, P.G.H. |author15=Bérnils, R.S. |author16=Sawaya, R.J. |author17=Cechin, C.T.Z. |author18=Guedes da Costa, T.B. |year=2021 |title=Atractus caxiuana |page=e.T15157953A15157956 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T15157953A15157956.pt}}

| genus = Atractus

| species = caxiuana

| authority = Prudente & Santos-Costa, 2006

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Atractus caxiuana is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species can be found in Brazil and Colombia. Juveniles have yellow blotches on their nasal region as well as behind their eyes, with a brown body and darker vertebral line one scale wide.{{cite journal |last1=Passos |first1=Paulo |last2=Ramos |first2=Luciana O. |last3=Pinna |first3=Pedro H. |last4=Prudente |first4=Ana L.C. |title=Morphological variation and affinities of the poorly known snake Atractus caxiuana (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) |journal=Zootaxa |date=3 December 2013 |volume=3745 |issue=1 |pages=35–48 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3745.1.3|pmid=25113336 }}

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caxiuana

Category:Reptiles of Colombia

category:Snakes of Brazil

Category:Reptiles described in 2006

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