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; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 8(1):114.
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; Mem. Inst. Butantan 12:15.
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Adult female, NHM 1946.1.6.33 (formerly 1908.5.29.54), from Los Mangos (= Juntas,
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, ca.
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, collected by Palmer (specimen examined).
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<emphasis id="B90DEAE8AA4F7744FF11B77214372434" bold="true" box="[151,294,1114,1138]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">FIGURE 12.</emphasis>
Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of
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(IV-C 8533). SVL 184 mm CL 34 mm.
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is distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) 17/17/17 smoooth dorsal scale rows; (2) two postoculars; (3) loreal long; (4) temporals 1+2; (5) seven supralabials, third and fourth contacting orbit; (6) seven infralabials, first four contacting chinshields; (7) six or seven maxillary teeth; (8) four gular scale rows; (9) four or five preventrals; (10) 144 ventrals in the single known female,
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males; (11) 25 subcaudals in female,
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males; (12) dorsum uniformly black; (13) venter uniformly black; (14) small body size, female with
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SVL, males reaching
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SVL; (15) long tail in female (17.1% of SVL) and males (18.519.1% of SVL); (16) hemipenis moderately bilobed.
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differs from all currently recognized
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in having a uniformly black dorsum and venter, without any invasion of light pigment.
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Head twice as long as wide, flattened in lateral view, rounded in dorsal view; snout slightly acuminate in lateral view, rounded in dorsal view; cervical constriction barely distinct; rostral subtriangular in frontal view, slightly broader than high, clearly visible in dorsal view; internasal longer than wide; internasal suture sinistral with respect to prefrontal suture; prefrontal longer than wide; supraocular sub-rectangular, about twice as long as wide; frontal subtriangular, as long as wide; parietal twice as long as wide; nasal divided; nostril restricted to prenasal; prenasal twice as high as long; postnasal as high as prenasal, slightly higher than long; loreal long, contacting second and third supralabials; pupil round; two postoculars of similar size; temporals 1+2; anterior temporal twice as long as high; upper posterior temporal occasionally elongate, six times longer than wide; seven supralabials, third and fourth contacting orbit; second supralabial higher than first and as high as third; sixth higher and seventh longer than remaining supralabials; symphisial semicircular, twice as broad as long, contacting chinshields posteriorly; six or seven infralabials, first four contacting chinshields; chinshields four times longer than wide; four gular scale rows; three to five preventrals; 17/17/17 smooth dorsal scale rows; dorsals lacking apical pits, supra-anal tubercles, and keels; eight dorsal scale rows in the level of second subcaudal; caudal spine long, conical, and acuminated.
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Arched in dorsal view, with five or six prediastemal and one or two postdiastemal teeth; prediastemal teeth large, similar in size, curved posteriorly, angular in cross section, robust at base, and narrower at apices; first four teeth moderately spaced, fifth tooth more widely spaced from these and postdiastemal teeth; maxillary diastema short; postdiastemal teeth half size of last prediastemal tooth; lateral process poorly developed, lacking posterior projection.
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Dorsum and belly uniformly black; occasionaly there is a weakly indicated dark brown blotch in the nuchal region (evident only through alcohol immersion).
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Largest male
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SVL,
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CL; largest female
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SVL,
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CL; tail 18.5 19.1% (
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= 2) SVL in males, 17.1% SVL in female; 134140 ventrals in males (
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= 2),
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female; subcaudals 3334 (
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= 2) in males,
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female; 6 (
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= 2 sides) or 7 (
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= 4 sides) infralabials; 3 (
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= 1), 4 (
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= 1) or 5 (
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= 1) preventrals; 4.0
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body diameter; 6 (
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= 1 side) or 7 (
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= 3 sides) maxillary teeth; retracted hemipenis extends to 14th subcaudal (
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= 1).
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<subSubSection id="C3636571AA4C7747FF40B1F616AE2300" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="B90DEAE8AA4C7747FF40B1F6147822BE" bold="true" box="[198,361,734,760]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Distribution:</emphasis>
Pacific region of
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from corregimiento de Guayabal (
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,
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) in the department of Chocó to Municipality of Juntas (
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,
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) in the department of Valle del Cauca.
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<emphasis id="B90DEAE8AA4C7747FF11B00414542303" box="[151,325,812,837]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Atractus melas</emphasis>
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inhabits rainforest at elevations of
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(
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).
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<subSubSection id="C3636571AA4C7747FF40B07A174B25CC" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BC636FAAA4C7747FF40B07A14D3243D" blockId="18.[151,1437,152,1418]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<emphasis id="B90DEAE8AA4C7747FF40B07A1453232A" bold="true" box="[198,322,850,876]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Remarks:</emphasis>
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described
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<emphasis id="B90DEAE8AA4C7747FD22B07B161A232A" box="[676,779,851,876]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A. melas</emphasis>
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on the basis of a single specimen.
<bibRefCitation id="EFE84B0BAA4C7747FB3AB07A1049232A" author="Prado" box="[1212,1368,850,876]" pageId="18" pageNumber="33" refString="Prado, A. (1940) Notas ofiologicas. 4. Cinco especies novas de serpentes colombianas do genero Atractus Wagler. Memorias do Instituto Butantan, 12, 1 - 4." type="journal article" year="1940">Prado (1940)</bibRefCitation>
cited another individual of
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<emphasis id="B90DEAE8AA4C7747FE1FB051171123D4" box="[409,512,889,914]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A. melas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the MLS collection but did not provide a collection number or voucher specimen data (it is likely that one of our specimens represent Prados individual from MLS, but the original catalogue number at MLS has been changed). No additional records for this species have been reported. This species is herein reported from two new specimens obtained in different localities in the Pacific coast of
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, extending the species range
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north of Juntas (
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). Additinally, another specimen of
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<emphasis id="B90DEAE8AA4C7747FA05B73C15CE2412" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A. melas</emphasis>
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(not collected) from Buenaventura, department of Chocó,
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was examined indirectly via photographs taken in life.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC636FAAA4C7747FF40B7A0174B25CC" blockId="18.[151,1437,152,1418]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
Despite
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<emphasis id="B90DEAE8AA4C7747FEAEB7A0149F24E7" box="[296,398,1160,1185]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A. melas</emphasis>
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having a very particular colour pattern, it is similar in several respects to
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<emphasis id="B90DEAE8AA4C7747FB7AB7A0108424E7" box="[1276,1429,1160,1185]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A. iridescens</emphasis>
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. The two species share several features: 130140 ventrals in males,
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females; 3040 subcaudals in males,
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females; generally seven supralabials; first four infralabials contacting chinshields; six or seven large and well spaced maxillary teeth; long tail in males and females. Nonetheless,
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<emphasis id="B90DEAE8AA4C7747FBEAB7D411C02553" box="[1132,1233,1276,1301]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A. melas</emphasis>
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has a symphisial scale in contact with chinshields (vs. first pair of infralabials preventing symphisial/chinshields contact in
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<emphasis id="B90DEAE8AA4C7747FA05B60B141F2524" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A. iridescens</emphasis>
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). Elsewhere in the entire genus, the only species consistently having symphisial/chinshield contact is the Guianan
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(Passos 2008)
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.
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