Atractus stygius

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 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., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Atractus stygius. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 April 2021.