Rediscovery of the Rare Atractus bocki, with Assessment of the Taxonomic Status of Atractus canedii (Serpentes: Colubridae: Dipsadinae)

Paulo Passos; Rodrigo Aguayo; Gustavo Scrocchi

doi:10.1670/08-209.1

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Paulo Passos,^1,* Rodrigo Aguayo,² Gustavo Scrocchi³

¹1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Departamento de Vertebrados, Quinta da Boa
²3Centro de Biodiversidad y Genética, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Apartado 538, Cochabamba, Boliv
³4Instituto de Herpetología, Fundación Miguel Lillo, Miguel Lillo 251, 4000 Tucumán, Argentina

^*Corresponding Author.

Abstract

Atractus bocki was described based on a single specimen from the Cochabamba region in Bolivia, and since its original description, there have been no further records for the species. During the examination of Argentinean and Bolivian collections, we found four additional specimens of this poorly known snake. In this paper, we describe these individuals and report new data on meristic and morphometric variation for A. bocki. We also evaluate the taxonomic status of Atractus canedii and propose its synonymy with A. bocki.

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Paulo Passos, Rodrigo Aguayo, and Gustavo Scrocchi "Rediscovery of the Rare Atractus bocki, with Assessment of the Taxonomic Status of Atractus canedii (Serpentes: Colubridae: Dipsadinae)," Journal of Herpetology 43(4), 710-715, (1 December 2009). https://doi.org/10.1670/08-209.1

Accepted: 1 February 2009; Published: 1 December 2009

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