Atractus lehmanni

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| genus = Atractus

| species = lehmanni

| authority = Boettger, 1898

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Atractus lehmanni, also known commonly as Lehmann's ground snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Colombia.

Etymology

The specific name, lehmanni, is in honor of German botanist Friedrich Carl Lehmann.{{cite book |author1-link=Bo Beolens |last1=Beolens |first1=B |author2-link=Michael Watkins (zoologist) |last2=Watkins |first2=M |author3-link=Michael Grayson |last3=Grayson |first3=M |year=2011 |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles |location=Baltimore |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |pages=154 |isbn=978-1-4214-0135-5}}

Description

A. lehmanni has 17 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, and eight maxillary teeth. It is uniformally dark brown dorsally.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. lehmanni is unknown because much of its geographic range is disturbed, having been converted for agricultural uses.

Behavior

A. lehmanni is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction

A. lehmanni is oviparous.

Taxonomy

A. lehmanni is a member of the A. trilineatus species group.

References

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Further reading

  • Boettger O (1898). Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. II. Teil (Schlangen). Frankfurt am Main: Naturmuseum Senckenberg. (Gebrüder Knauer, printers). ix + 160 pp. (Atractus lehmanni, new species, p. 80). (in German).
  • Himes, John G.; Arteaga, Alejandro; Vera-Pérez, Luis Enrique; Enge, Kevin M. (2022). "The geographic distribution of Atractus lehmanni (Boettger, 1898) (Serpentes, Colubridae, Dipsadinae) in Colombia, and clarification of its status and type locality in Ecuador". Check List 18 (4): 815–820.

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Category:Reptiles of Ecuador

Category:Reptiles of Colombia

category:Snakes of South America

Category:Reptiles described in 1898

Category:Taxa named by Oskar Boettger

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