Atlas of Brazilian snakes: verified point-locality maps to mitigate the Wallacean shortfall in a megadiverse snake fauna

CC Nogueira, AJS Argôlo, V Arzamendia… - South American Journal …, 2019 - BioOne
Accurate and detailed species distribution maps are fundamental for documenting and
interpreting biological diversity. For snakes, an ecologically diverse group of reptiles …

Groundsnakes of the Lost World: A Review of Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Pantepui Region, Northern South America

P Passos, PJR Kok… - Herpetological …, 2013 - meridian.allenpress.com
We review the taxonomic status of the snakes belonging to the genus Atractus from the
Pantepui region on the basis of morphological characters (meristic, morphometric, color …

[PDF][PDF] Taxonomic revision of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Atractus (Reptilia: Serpentes: Dipsadidae)

P Passos, R Fernandes, RS Bernils, JC Moura-Leite - Zootaxa, 2010 - academia.edu
Dipsadine snakes of the genus Atractus are endemic to the Neotropical region, occurring
from Panama to Argentina. Currently, the taxonomic status of most species of the genus is …

Three New Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Andes of Colombia

P Passos, JC Arredondo, R Fernandes, JD Lynch - Copeia, 2009 - meridian.allenpress.com
Three new species of Atractus are described from the northern Cordillera Central of
Colombia. The new species, previously confused with older names, are easily distinguished …

A New Species of Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadinae) from a Relictual Forest in Northeastern Brazil

P Passos, DS Fernandes, DM Borges-Nojosa - Copeia, 2007 - meridian.allenpress.com
A new species of Atractus is described from Serra de Baturité, an Atlantic Forest enclave in
the semiarid Caatinga of the state of Ceará, northeastern Brazil. The new species is …

Redescription of Atractus punctiventris and Description of Two New Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Brazilian Amazonia

P Passos, ALC Prudente… - Herpetological …, 2016 - meridian.allenpress.com
We redescribe Atractus punctiventris based on the examination of its holotype, two
topotypes, and two additional specimens recently collected. We describe two new species of …

New Cryptic Species of Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Brazilian Amazonia

ALC Prudente, P Passos - Copeia, 2010 - meridian.allenpress.com
A new species of Atractus, previously reported as a disjunct population of A. zidoki south of
the Amazon River, differs from all congeners in having an undivided sulcus spermaticus …

Revision of Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Middle and Upper Magdalena Drainage of Colombia

P Passos, JD Lynch - Herpetological Monographs, 2010 - meridian.allenpress.com
We revised the taxonomic status of Atractus species occurring in the eastern slopes of
Central Cordillera, Magdalena Valley, and west slopes of Eastern Cordillera of Colombia on …

[PDF][PDF] Pacific lowland snakes of the genus Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), with description of three new species

P Passos, JJ Mueses-Cisneros, JD Lynch… - Zootaxa, 2009 - researchgate.net
The taxonomic status of the Pacific lowland Atractus is revised on the basis of meristic,
morphometric, colour pattern, and hemipenial characters. Geographical variation is reported …

Population morphological variation and natural history of Atractus potschi (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) in Northeastern Brazil

P Passos, A Martins, D Pinto-Coelho - South American Journal of …, 2016 - BioOne
Atractus potschi was described based on 12 specimens from the Brazilian states of Alagoas
and Sergipe, and later knowledge of its morphological variation (meristic, morphometric, and …