Login
Login

Atractus gaigeae

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

{{Speciesbox

| image =

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Cisneros-Heredia, D. |author2=Yánez-Muñoz, M. |author3=Reyes-Puig, C. |year=2017 |title=Atractus gaigeae |page=e.T50951092A50951097 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T50951092A50951097.en}}

| genus = Atractus

| species = gaigeae

| authority = Savage, 1955

| synonyms = {{specieslist

|Atractus gaigeae |Savage, 1955

|Atractus collaris gaigeae |Dixon & Soini, 1977

|Atractus gaigeae |Carrillo & Icochea, 1995

}}

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Atractus gaigeae, also known commonly as Gaige's ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Ecuador.

Etymology

The specific name, gaigeae, is in honor of American herpetologist Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige.{{cite book |author1-link=Bo Beolens |last1=Beolens |first1=Bo |author2-link=Michael Watkins (zoologist) |last2=Watkins |first2=Michael |last3=Grayson |first3=Michael |year=2011 |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles |location=Baltimore |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |pages=xiii + 296 pp |isbn=978-1-4214-0135-5}}{{rp|96}}

Geographic range

A. gaigeae is found in eastern Ecuador, in the Amazon Basin,

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. gaigeae is forest, at altitudes of {{cvt|200|–|600|m|ft}}.

Description

A small species, A gaigeae may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{cvt|29.5|cm|in}} in females, and {{cvt|26.5|cm|in}} in males. The tail is short, about 10% SVL in females, and about 14% SVL in males.

Reproduction

A. gaigeae is oviparous.

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{NRDB species|genus=Atractus|species=gaigeae|access-date=8 October 2021}}

}}

Further reading

  • {{cite journal |author1-link=James R. Dixon |last1=Dixon |first1=James R. |last2=Soini |first2=Pekka |year=1977 |title=The Reptiles of the Upper Amazon Basin, Iquitos Region, Peru, Part 2: Crocodilians, Turtles, and Snakes |journal=Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology |issue=4 |pages=59–154}}
  • {{cite journal |author1-link=Paulo Passos |last1=Passos |first1=P |author2-link=Ana Lúcia da Costa Prudente |last2=Prudente |first2=ALC |author3-link=Luciana de Oliveira Ramos |last3=Ramos |first3=LO |author4-link=José Rances Caicedo-Portilla |last4=Caicedo-Portilla |first4=JR |author5-link=John Douglas Lynch |last5=Lynch |first5=JD |year=2018 |title=Species delimitations in the Atractus collaris complex (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4392 |issue=3 |pages=491–520|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.4 |pmid=29690395 }}
  • {{cite journal |author1-link=Jay M. Savage |last1=Savage |first1=JM |year=1955 |title=Descriptions of New Colubrid Snakes, Genus Atractus, from Ecuador |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=68 |pages=11–20}}{{rp|12–14}}
  • {{cite journal |author1-link=Omar Torres-Carvajal |last1=Torres-Carvajal |first1=O |author2-link=Gustavo Pazmiño-Otamendi |last2=Pazmiño-Otamendi |first2=G |author3-link=David Salazar-Valenzuela |last3=Salazar-Valenzuela |first3=D |year=2019 |title=Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides |journal=Amphibian & Reptile Conservation |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=209–229 (e178)}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q2869685}}

gaigeae

Category:Reptiles of Ecuador

Category:Endemic fauna of Ecuador

Category:Reptiles described in 1955

Category:Taxa named by Jay M. Savage

{{Dipsadinae-stub}}