Annotated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of the Santander highland, Colombia
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Pérez-Rojas, Diego A.
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Escamilla-Quitián, Diego
Author
Estupiñan-Tibaduiza, María Fernanda
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Carvajal‑Cogollo, Juan E.
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Atractus marthae
Meneses-Pelayo & Passos, 2019
Materials examined.
COLOMBIA
•
1 adult
♂
; Santan- der, municipality of
Sucre
,
La Pradera
,
Fontibón
;
05° 51ʹ53″N
, 073°54ʹ37″,
2574 m
a.s.l.
;
03 Feb. 2018
;
María Estupiñan
leg.;
UPTCR 0594
•
3 adults
♀
;
Santander
, municipality of
Sucre
,
La Pradera
,
Colegio
;
05°52ʹ05″N
,
073°54ʹ15″W
,
2574 m
a.s.l.
;
23 Jun. 2017
;
Juan
Carva- jal leg.;
UPTC-R 0591
to
UPTC-R 0592
,
UPTC-R 0602
.
Identification
.
Atractus marthae
was identified by: dor-
sal scale rows 17/17/17, smooth; postoculars two, loreal long, temporals 1 or 2; and hemipenis moderately bilobed, with lobe size equivalent to the capitulum length, semicapitated and semicalyculated (
Meneses-Pelayo and Passos 2019
).
Remarks.
This species occurred in the grassland habitat, where it was found under rocks (
Fig. 9D
). No individuals were detected in other habitats (
Fig. 2C
), which would make their detection difficult. We observed much variation in color intrapopulation, with the ground color blackish (
Fig. 9A, B
) to reddish with dark longitudinal lines (
Fig. 9C
). In
February 2018
, we observed eggs and hatchlings under a fallen tree trunk, which is the first ob- servation of reproduction for this species.