Atractus stygius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Atractus
Species: Atractus stygius

Name

Atractus stygius Passos, Azevedo, Nogueira, Fernandes & Sawaya, 2019: 17

• Holotype: MNRJ 26734 (formerly UFMT8139), adult ♂, collected by Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso team in 2009.
• Type locality: “Bocaíuva (12°29′50″S, 57°52′30″W; ca. 312 m), Craveri River, municipality of Brasnorte, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil”.

References

Primary references

• Passos, P., Azevedo, J.A.R., Nogueira, C.C., Fernandes, R. & Sawaya, R.J. 2019. An Integrated Approach to Delimit Species in the Puzzling Atractus emmeli Complex (Serpentes: Dipsadidae). Herpetological Monographs 33(1): 1–25. DOI: 10.1655/0733-1347-33.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Atractus stygius. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 April 2021.