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Atractus Wagler, 1828
Taxonomic Serial No.: 206979

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
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	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2017

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles
	Order	Squamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents
	Suborder	Serpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents
	Infraorder	Alethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
	Family	Colubridae Oppel, 1811 – Colubrids, Typical Snakes
	Subfamily	Dipsadinae Bonaparte, 1838
	Genus	Atractus Wagler, 1828
		Direct Children:
	Species	Atractus acheronius Passos, Rivas and Barrio-Amorós, 2009
	Species	Atractus albuquerquei da Cunha and Nascimento, 1983 – Albuquerque Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus alphonsehogei da Cunha and Nascimento, 1983 – Alphonse's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus altagratiae Passos and Fernandes, 2008
	Species	Atractus alytogrammus Köhler and Kieckbusch, 2014
	Species	Atractus andinus Prado, 1944 – Andean Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus apophis Passos and Lynch, 2010
	Species	Atractus arangoi Prado, 1939
	Species	Atractus atratus Passos and Lynch, 2010
	Species	Atractus attenuates Myers and Schargel, 2006
	Species	Atractus avernus Passos, Chiesse, Torres-Carvajal and Savage, 2009
	Species	Atractus ayeush Esqueda, 2011
	Species	Atractus badius (F. Boie, 1827) – Boie's Ground Snake, French Guyana Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus balzani Boulenger, 1898 – Bolivian Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus biseriatus Prado, 1941 – Two-lined Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus bocki Werner, 1909 – Bock's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus bocourti Boulenger, 1894 – Bocourt's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus boettgeri Boulenger, 1896 – Boettger's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus boimirim Passos, Prudente and Lynch, 2016
	Species	Atractus boulengerii Peracca, 1896
	Species	Atractus caete Passos, Fernandes, Bérnils and Moura-Leite, 2010
	Species	Atractus careolepis Köhler and Kieckbusch, 2014
	Species	Atractus carrioni Parker, 1930 – Parker's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus caxiuana Da Costa Prudente and Santos-Costa, 2006
	Species	Atractus cerberus Arteaga, Mebert, Valencia, Cisneros-Heredia, Peñafiel, Reyes-Puig et al., 2017 – Cerberus Groundsnake, Tierrera cancerbera
	Species	Atractus charitoae Silva Haad, 2004
	Species	Atractus chthonius Passos and Lynch, 2010
	Species	Atractus clarki Dunn and Bailey, 1939 – Clark's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus collaris Peracca, 1897 – Collared Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus crassicaudatus (A. M. C. Duméril, Bibron and A. H. A. Duméril, 1854) – Thickhead Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus darienensis Myers, 2003
	Species	Atractus depressiocellus Myers, 2003
	Species	Atractus duboisi (Boulenger, 1880)
	Species	Atractus duidensis Roze, 1961 – Venezuela Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus dunni Savage, 1955 – Dunn's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus echidna Passos, Mueses-Cisneros, Lynch and Fernandes, 2009
	Species	Atractus ecuadorensis Savage, 1955 – Ecuadorean Ground Snake, Ecuadorian Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus edioi Da Silva, Rodrigues Silva, Ribeiro, Souza and Do Amaral Souza, 2005
	Species	Atractus elaps (Günther, 1858) – Black Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus emigdioi Gonzales-Sponga, 1971 – Emigdio's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus emmeli (Boettger, 1888) – Emmel's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus eriki Esqueda, la Marca and Bazó, 2007
	Species	Atractus erythromelas Boulenger, 1903 – Red-black Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus esepe Arteaga, Mebert, Valencia, Cisneros-Heredia, Peñafiel, Reyes-Puig et al., 2017 – Indistinct Groundsnake, Tierrera indistinta
	Species	Atractus favae (Filippi, 1840) – Filippi's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus flammigerus (F. Boie, 1827) – Flaming Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus franciscopaivai Silva Haad, 2004
	Species	Atractus francoi Passos, Fernandes, Bérnils and Moura-Leite, 2010
	Species	Atractus fuliginosus (Hallowell, 1845) – Hallowell's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus gaigeae Savage, 1955 – Gaige's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus gigas Myers and Schargel, 2006
	Species	Atractus guentheri (Wucherer, 1861) – Günther's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus heliobelluomini Silva Haad, 2004
	Species	Atractus heyeri Esqueda and McDiarmid, 2015
	Species	Atractus hoogmoedi Prudente and Passos, 2010
	Species	Atractus hostilitractus Myers, 2003
	Species	Atractus imperfectus Myers, 2003
	Species	Atractus indistinctus Prado, 1940 – Indistinct Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus insipidus Roze, 1961
	Species	Atractus iridescens Peracca, 1896 – Iridescent Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus lancinii Roze, 1961 – Lancini's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus lasallei Amaral, 1931 – Lasalle's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus latifrons (Günther, 1868) – Broadhead Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus lehmanni Boettger, 1898 – Lehmann's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus limitaneus (Amaral, 1935) – Limitan Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus loveridgei Amaral, 1930 – Loveridge's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus macondo Passos, Lynch and Fernandes, 2009
	Species	Atractus maculatus (Günther, 1858) – Spotted Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus major Boulenger, 1894 – Brown Ground Snake, Big Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus manizalesensis Prado, 1940
	Species	Atractus mariselae Lancini, 1969 – Marisela's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus matthewi Markezich and Barrio-Amorós, 2004
	Species	Atractus medusa Passos, Mueses-Cisneros, Lynch and Fernandes, 2009
	Species	Atractus melanogaster Werner, 1916 – Blackbelly Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus melas Boulenger, 1908 – Dark Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus meridensis Esqueda and la Marca, 2005
	Species	Atractus micheleae Esqueda and la Marca, 2005
	Species	Atractus microrhynchus (Cope, 1868)
	Species	Atractus mijaresi Esqueda and la Marca, 2005
	Species	Atractus modestus Boulenger, 1894 – Modest Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus multicinctus (Jan, 1865) – Banded Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus multidentatus Passos, Rivas and Barrio-Amorós, 2009
	Species	Atractus nasutus Passos, Fernandes and Lynch, 2009
	Species	Atractus natans Hoogmoed and Prudente, 2003
	Species	Atractus nicefori Amaral, 1930 – Northern Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus nigricaudus Schmidt and Walker, 1943 – Black-headed Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus nigriventris Amaral, 1933 – Black-ventered Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus obesus Marx, 1960 – Fat Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus obtusirostris Werner, 1916 – Bignose Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus occidentalis Savage, 1955 – Western Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus occipitoalbus (Jan, 1862) – Gray Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus ochrosetrus Esqueda and la Marca, 2005
	Species	Atractus oculotemporalis Amaral, 1932 – Hispanic Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus orcesi Savage, 1955
	Species	Atractus paisa Passos, Fernandes and Lynch, 2009
	Species	Atractus pamplonensis Amaral, 1937 – Pamplona Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus pantostictus Fernandes and Puorto, 1993
	Species	Atractus paraguayensis Werner, 1924
	Species	Atractus paravertebralis Henle and Ehrl, 1991
	Species	Atractus paucidens Despax, 1910 – Despax's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus pauciscutatus Schmidt and Walker, 1943 – Little-scaled Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus peruvianus (Jan, 1862) – Peru Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus poeppigi (Jan, 1862) – Basin Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus potschi Fernandes, 1995
	Species	Atractus punctiventris Amaral, 1933 – Pointed Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus pyroni Arteaga, Mebert, Valencia, Cisneros-Heredia, Peñafiel, Reyes-Puig et al., 2017 – Pyron's Groundsnake, Tierrera de Pyron
	Species	Atractus resplendens Werner, 1901 – Resplendent Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus reticulatus (Boulenger, 1885) – Reticulate Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus riveroi Roze, 1961 – Rivero's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus ronnie Passos, Fernandes and Borges-Nojosa, 2007
	Species	Atractus roulei Despax, 1910 – Roule's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus sanctaemartae Dunn, 1946 – St. Marta's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus sanguineus Prado, 1944 – Bloody Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus savagei Salazar-Valenzuela, Torres-Carvajal and Passos, 2014 – Savage's Groundsnake
	Species	Atractus schach (F. Boie, 1827) – Schach's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus serranus Amaral, 1930 – Sao Paulo Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus snethlageae da Cunha and Nascimento, 1983
	Species	Atractus spinalis Passos, Texeira Jr., Recoder, De Sena, Dal Vechio, De Arruda Pinto et al., 2013
	Species	Atractus steyermarki Roze, 1958
	Species	Atractus surucucu Prudente, 2008
	Species	Atractus taeniatus Griffin, 1916
	Species	Atractus tamaensis Esqueda and la Marca, 2005
	Species	Atractus tamessari Kok, 2006
	Species	Atractus taphorni Schargel and García-Pérez, 2002
	Species	Atractus tartarus Passos, Prudente and Lynch, 2016
	Species	Atractus thalesdelemai Passos, Fernandes and Zanella, 2005
	Species	Atractus titanicus Passos, Fernandes and Lynch, 2009
	Species	Atractus torquatus (A. M. C. Duméril, Bibron and A. H. A. Duméril, 1854) – Neckband Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus touzeti Schargel, Lamar, Passos, Valencia, Cisneros-Hereda and Campbell, 2013
	Species	Atractus trihedrurus Amaral, 1926 – Southern Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus trilineatus Wagler, 1828 – Three-lined Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus trivittatus Amaral, 1933 – Three-banded Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus turikensis Barros, 2000
	Species	Atractus typhon Passos, Mueses-Cisneros, Lynch and Fernandes, 2009
	Species	Atractus variegatus Prado, 1942 – Variegated Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus ventrimaculatus Boulenger, 1905 – Speckled Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus vertebralis Boulenger, 1904 – Vertebral Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus vertebrolineatus Prado, 1941 – Striped Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus vittatus Boulenger, 1894
	Species	Atractus wagleri Prado, 1945 – Wagler's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus werneri Peracca, 1912 – Werner's Ground Snake
	Species	Atractus zebrinus (Jan, 1862)
	Species	Atractus zidoki Gasc and Rodrigues, 1979 – Zidok's Ground Snake

References


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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Atractus

	Source:	Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined, manuscript (version 2004)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"
	Reference for:	Atractus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Peters, J. A., and B. Orejas-Miranda
	Publication Date:	1986
	Article/Chapter Title:	Snakes - Part 1. Revised edition with new material by P. E. Vanzolini
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata
	Page(s):	1-347
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-87474-757-0
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