Atractus natans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 Cladus: 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 natans

Name

Atractus natans Hoogmoed & Prudente, 2003: 428

• Holotype: MPEG 18836, ♀, collected by M.S. Hoogmoed & T.C.S. Ávila-Pires on 1 August 1994.
• Type locality: “near flutuante at confluence of Paraná Apara and Rio Mamirauá, Estação Ecológica de Mamirauá, Município de Uarini, Amazonas, Brazil, 3°02’57.2”S 64°50’59.7”W, 50 m”.

Synonyms

• Atractus emersoni Silva Haad, 2004: 423 [synonymised by Passos, Cisneros-Heredia, Rivera, Aguilar & Schargel (2012: 384)]

References

Primary references

• Hoogmoed, M.S. & Prudente, A.L.C. 2003. A new species of Atractus (Reptilia: Ophidia: Colubridae: Dipsadinae) from the Amazon forest region in Brazil. Zoologische Mededelingen 77(15/36): 425–440. PDF Reference page. 
• Silva Haad, J.J. 2004. Las serpientes del género Atractus Wagler, 1828 (Colubridae; Xenodontinae) en la Amazonia colombiana. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 28(108): 409–446. DOI: 10.18257/raccefyn.28(108).2004.2138 Reference page. 
• Passos, P., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Rivera, D.E., Aguilar, C. & Schargel, W.E. 2012. Rediscovery of Atractus microrhynchus and Reappraisal of the Taxonomic Status of A. emersoni and A. natans (Serpentes: Dipsadidae). Herpetologica 68(3): 375–392. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-11-00078.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Hoogmoed, M., Nogueira, C. & Gagliardi, G. 2019. IUCN: Atractus natans  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44581225A44581228. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44581225A44581228.en. Accessed on 12 October 2025.