Atractus caxiuana

Atractus caxiuana is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species can be found in Brazil and Colombia.[2] 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.[3]

Atractus caxiuana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Atractus
Species:
A. caxiuana
Binomial name
Atractus caxiuana
Prudente & Santos-Costa, 2006

References

  1. 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 & Guedes da Costa, T.B. (2021). "Atractus caxiuana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T15157953A15157956. Retrieved 20 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Atractus caxiuana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2021.
  3. Passos, Paulo; Ramos, Luciana O.; Pinna, Pedro H.; Prudente, Ana L.C. (3 December 2013). "Morphological variation and affinities of the poorly known snake Atractus caxiuana (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)". Zootaxa. 3745 (1): 35–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3745.1.3. PMID 25113336.
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