Atractus modestus

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Overview

Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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.

Habitat

Ecology: This species is fossorial and has been found to inhabit humid montane forest .[2].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Atractus modestus — Lehr 2002: 204

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

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 - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 27, p. 31.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 122 1960 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 503.
• Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) by George Albert Boulenger. London, Trustees of the B.M., 1893-96. url p. 304, p. 381.
• Catalogue of the snakes in the. .. Museum / by G.A. Boulenger. London, 1893-1896. url p. 304.

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.
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2010. Atractus modestus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 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

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2536781
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-944
• IUCN ID: 193471
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 617037

Footnotes

1. 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]
2. Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2010. Atractus modestus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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