Atractus ayeush

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Cladus: Eugnathostomata
Cladus: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Cladus: Stegocephali
Cladus: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha
Subclassis: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Cladus: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Atractus
Species: Atractus ayeush

Name

Atractus ayeush Esqueda, 2011: 36

  • Holotype: ULABG 5461, juvenile ♀, collected by Luis Felipe Esqueda on 27 December 2002.
  • Type locality: “the stream “Quebrada La Concepción”, sector 5, San Felipe, near Finca El Cocorucho, approx. 10°36’95”N and 69°29’62”W. Altitude 1050 m.a.s.l., Municipio Urdaneta, Lara State, Venezuela”.

References

Primary references

  • Esqueda, L.F. 2011. A new semifossorial snake species (Dipsadidae: Atractus Wagler, 1928) from the Lara-Falcón montainous system, Northwestern Venezuela. Herpetotropicos 6(1–2): 35–41. Reference page.