Atractus lehmanni

Atractus lehmanni
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Atractus
Species:	A. lehmanni
Binomial name
Atractus lehmanni Boettger, 1898

Atractus lehmanni, also known commonly as Lehmann's ground snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Colombia.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, lehmanni, is in honor of German botanist Friedrich Carl Lehmann.[3]

Description

A. lehmanni has 17 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, and eight maxillary teeth. It is uniformally dark brown dorsally.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. lehmanni is unknown because much of its geographic range is disturbed, having been converted for agricultural uses.[1]

Behavior

A. lehmanni is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

A. lehmanni is oviparous.[2]

Taxonomy

A. lehmanni is a member of the A. trilineatus species group.[2]

References

1. Arredondo, J.C.; Bolívar, W. (2016). "Atractus lehmanni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44581120A44581125. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44581120A44581125.en.
2. Atractus lehmanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2021.
3. Beolens, B; Watkins, M; Grayson, M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.

Further reading

• Boettger O (1898). Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. II. Teil (Schlangen). Frankfurt am Main: Naturmuseum Senckenberg. (Gebrüder Knauer, printers). ix + 160 pp. (Atractus lehmanni, new species, p. 80). (in German).
• Himes, John G.; Arteaga, Alejandro; Vera-Pérez, Luis Enrique; Enge, Kevin M. (2022). "The geographic distribution of Atractus lehmanni (Boettger, 1898) (Serpentes, Colubridae, Dipsadinae) in Colombia, and clarification of its status and type locality in Ecuador". Check List 18 (4): 815–820.