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Atractus eriki

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Species of snake

Atractus eriki
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Atractus
Species: A. eriki
Binomial name
Atractus eriki
Esqueda, La Marca & Bazó, 2005

Atractus eriki is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.

Etymology

The specific name, eriki, is in honor of Erik La Marca (born 1990), who is the youngest son of Venezuelan herpetologist Enrique La Marca.

Geographic range

A. eriki is native to the western slope of the Cordillera de Mérida in the western Venezuelan states of Mérida, Táchira, and Trujillo.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. eriki is forest, at altitudes of 900–1,500 m (3,000–4,900 ft).

Reproduction

A. eriki is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2019). "Atractus eriki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T67610399A67610404. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T67610399A67610404.en. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. 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 eriki, p. 85).
  3. ^ Atractus eriki at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2021.

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Taxon identifiers
Atractus eriki


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