Atractus eriki
Atractus eriki is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.
| Atractus eriki | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Atractus |
| Species: | A. eriki |
| Binomial name | |
| Atractus eriki | |
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.[2]
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.[1][3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. eriki is forest, at altitudes of 900–1,500 m (3,000–4,900 ft).[1]
References
- 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.
- 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).
- Atractus eriki at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2021.
Further reading
- Esqueda LF, La Marca E, Bazó S (2005). "Un nuevo colúbrido fossorial del género Atractus (Dipsadinae) de la vertiente lacustre de Los Andes de Venezuela". Herpetotropicos 2 (2): 87–93. (Atractus eriki, new species). (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
- Natera Mumaw, Marco; Esqueda González, Luis Felipe; Castelain Fernández, Manuel (2015). Serpientes de Venezuela: Una Vision Actual de su Diversidad. Santiago de Chile: Dimacofi Negocios Avanzados S.A. 456 pp. (in Spanish).
- Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
- Wallach V, Williams KL, Boundy J (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press, an Imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. 1,237 pp. ISBN 978-1482208474. (Atractus eriki, p. 72).
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