Atractus ayeush

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Atractus
Species: Atractus ayeush

Name

Atractus ayeush Esqueda, 2011: 36

• Holotype: ULABG 5461, juvenile ♀, collected by Luis Felipe Esqueda on 27 December 2002.
• Type locality: “the stream “Quebrada La Concepción”, sector 5, San Felipe, near Finca El Cocorucho, approx. 10°36’95”N and 69°29’62”W. Altitude 1050 m.a.s.l., Municipio Urdaneta, Lara State, Venezuela”.

References

Primary references

• Esqueda, L.F. 2011. A new semifossorial snake species (Dipsadidae: Atractus Wagler, 1928) from the Lara-Falcón montainous system, Northwestern Venezuela. Herpetotropicos 6(1–2): 35–41. Reference page. 

Links

• Rivas, G. & Schargel, W. 2016. IUCN: Atractus ayeush  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T67610380A67610385. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T67610380A67610385.en. Accessed on 10 December 2025.