Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Clark's Ground Snake
Description
Family Colubridae
The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]
Subfamily Dipsadinae
These snakes are the New World counterparts of the Pareinae and resemble them in appearance and habits. They live in tropical America.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Serpentes
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
()
- Family:
Colubridae
()
- Colubrids
- Subfamily:
Dipsadinae
()
- Genus:
Atractus
()
- Wagler, 1828
- Specific name:
clarki
- DUNN & BAILEY 1939
- Scientific name: - Atractus clarki DUNN & BAILEY 1939
- Specific name:
clarki
- DUNN & BAILEY 1939
- Genus:
Atractus
(
- Subfamily:
Dipsadinae
(
- Family:
Colubridae
(
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
(
- Suborder:
Serpentes
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Atractus clarki — Myers 2003: 10 • Atractus clarki — Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970: 28
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Only known from 2 specimens. DIAGNOSIS
: Atractus clarki
is readily distinguished from other Panamanian species in having
a uniformly pale
venter
, narrow pale dorsal bars
, pale dashes on
the lower scale rows
, and in having a relatively large eye whose
length
is noticeably greater than its distance
to lip and which is
contained less than two times in length of the loreal plate
.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Atractus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 75 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. albuquerquei (Albuquerque Ground Snake) · A. alphonsehogei (Alphonse's Ground Snake) · A. andinus (Andean Ground Snake) · A. badius (French Guyana Ground Snake)) · A. balzani (Bolivian Ground Snake) · A. biseriatus (Two-Lined Ground Snake) · A. bocki (Bock's Ground Snake) · A. bocourti (Bocourt's Ground Snake) · A. boettgeri (Boettger's Ground Snake) · A. canedii (Scrocchi's Ground Snake) · A. carrioni (Parker's Ground Snake) · A. clarki (Clark's Ground Snake) · A. collaris (Collared Ground Snake) · A. crassicaudatus (Thickhead Ground Snake) · A. duidensis (Duida Ground Snake) · A. dunni (Dunn's Ground Snake) · A. ecuadorensis (Ecuadorean Ground Snake) · A. elaps (Black Ground Snake) · A. emigdioi (Emigdio Ground Snake) · A. emmeli (Emmel's Ground Snake) · A. erythromelas (Red-Black Ground Snake) · A. favae (Filippi's Ground Snake) · A. flammigerus (Flaming Ground Snake) · A. fuliginosus (Hallowell's Ground Snake) · A. gaigeae (Gaige's Ground Snake) · A. guentheri (Gunther's Ground Snake) · A. indistinctus (Indistinct Ground Snake) · A. iridescens (Iridescent Ground Snake) · A. lancinii (Lancini's Ground Snake) · A. lasallei (Lasalle's Ground Snake) · A. latifrons (Broadhead Ground Snake) · A. lehmanni (Lehmann's Ground Snake) · A. limitaneus (Limitan Ground Snake) · A. loveridgei (Loveridge's Ground Snake) · A. maculatus (Spotted Ground Snake) · A. major (Big Ground Snake) · A. mariselae (Marisela's Ground Snake) · A. melanogaster (Blackbelly Ground Snake) · A. melas (Dark Ground Snake) · A. modestus (Modest Ground Snake) · A. multicinctus (Banded Ground Snake) · A. nicefori (Northern Ground Snake) · A. nigricaudus (Black-Headed Ground Snake) · A. nigriventris (Black-Ventered Ground Snake) · A. obesus (Fat Ground Snake) · A. obtusirostris (Bignose Ground Snake) · A. occidentalis (Western Ground Snake) · A. occipitoalbus (Gray Ground Snake) · A. oculotemporalis (Hispanic Ground Snake) · A. pamplonensis (Pamplona Ground Snake) · A. paucidens (Despax's Ground Snake) · A. pauciscutatus (Little-Scaled Ground Snake) · A. peruvianus (Peru Ground Snake) · A. poeppigi (Basin Ground Snake) · A. punctiventris (Pointed Ground Snake) · A. resplendens (Resplendent Ground Snake) · A. reticulatus (Reticulate Ground Snake) · A. riveroi (Rivero's Ground Snake) · A. roulei (Roule's Ground Snake) · A. sanctaemartae (St. Marta's Ground Snake) · A. sanguineus (Bloody Ground Snake) · A. schach (Schach's Ground Snake) · A. serranus (Sao Paulo Ground Snake) · A. torquatus (Neckband Ground Snake) · A. trihedrurus (Southern Ground Snake) · A. trilineatus (Three-Lined Ground Snake) · A. trivittatus (Three-Banded Ground Snake) · A. univittatus (One-Banded Ground Snake) · A. variegatus (Variegated Ground Snake) · A. ventrimaculatus (Speckled Ground Snake) · A. vertebralis (Vertebral Ground Snake) · A. vertebrolineatus (Striped Ground Snake) · A. wagleri (Wagler's Ground Snake) · A. werneri (Werner's Ground Snake) · A. zidoki (Zidok's Ground Snake)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 86 1939 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 5, p. 77, p. 8.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 1, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2536748
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-913
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 617001
Footnotes
- Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]
Curator for this page: Juan Pablo Hurtado. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
