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Atractus mariselae
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<h2 id="etymology">Etymology</h2> <p>The <a href="/facts/Specific_name_(zoology)/RuH34bxb">specific name</a>, <i>mariselae</i>, is in honor of Marisela Urosa Zambrano.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>: 169 </p> <h2 id="geographic-range">Geographic range</h2> <p><i>Atractus mariselae</i> is found in northwestern Venezuela, in the Venezuelan state of <a href="/facts/Trujillo_(state)/LsXyuQS3">Trujillo</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="habitat">Habitat</h2> <p>The preferred natural <a href="/facts/Habitat/zo1DN2gA">habitat</a> of <i>Atractus mariselae</i> is <a href="/facts/Forest/RnMtb31v">forest</a>, at altitudes of 1,200–1,800 m (3,900–5,900 ft), but it has also been found in artificial habitats, including coffee plantations, gardens, and pastures.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="reproduction">Reproduction</h2> <p><i>Atractus mariselae</i> is <a href="/facts/Oviparity/oSgSIVHY">oviparous</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> Adult females lay eggs in communal nests, which are shared with other species of <i>Atractus</i> and may contain more than 350 eggs.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Luis_Felipe_Esqueda/eyPpf7Yn">Esqueda, L.F.</a>; <a href="/facts/Enrique_La_Marca/UTHSErB8">La Marca, E.</a> (2005). "<i>Revisión taxonómica y biogeográfica (con descripción de cinco nuevas especies) del género </i>Atractus<i> (Colubridae: Dipsadinae) en los Andes de Venezuela</i>". <i>Herpetotropicos</i>. 2 (1): 1–32. (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paul_M._Kornacker/hFFmSxau">Kornacker, P.M.</a> (1999). <i>Checklist and key to the snakes of Venezuela: Lista sistemática y clave para las serpientes de Venezuela</i>. Rheinbach, Germany: PaKo-Verlag. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-3980624008. 270 pp. (<i>Atractus mariselae</i>, p. 65). (in English and Spanish).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Abdem_Ram%25C3%25B3n_Lancini_Villalaz/Gm8jaKd3">Lancini, A.R.</a> (1969). "Atractus mariselae, <i>una nueva especie de serpiente minadora de los Andes de Venezuela (Serpentes: Colubridae)</i>". <i>Publicaciones Ocasionales del Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas, Venezuela, Zoología</i>. 15: 1–6. (<i>Atractus mariselae</i>, new species). (in Spanish).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gilson_A._Rivas/s3JcRPzU">Rivas, G.A.</a>; Molina, C.R.; <a href="/facts/Gabriel_N._Ugueto/LpKKLTPx">Ugueto, G.N.</a>; <a href="/facts/Tito_R._Barros/BFtautu1">Barros, T.R.</a>; Barrio-Amorós, C.L.; Kok, P.J.R. (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". <i>Zootaxa</i>. 3211: 1–64. (<i>Atractus mariselae</i>, p. 20). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Atractus mariselae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2021. <a href="http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Atractus&species=mariselae" target="_blank">http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Atractus&species=mariselae</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. <a href="978-1-4214-0135-5" target="_blank">978-1-4214-0135-5</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Atractus mariselae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T67610489A67610530. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T67610489A67610530.en. <a href="/wiki/Gilson_A._Rivas" target="_blank">/wiki/Gilson_A._Rivas</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Atractus mariselae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2021. <a href="http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Atractus&species=mariselae" target="_blank">http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Atractus&species=mariselae</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Atractus mariselae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T67610489A67610530. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T67610489A67610530.en. <a href="/wiki/Gilson_A._Rivas" target="_blank">/wiki/Gilson_A._Rivas</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Atractus mariselae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T67610489A67610530. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T67610489A67610530.en. <a href="/wiki/Gilson_A._Rivas" target="_blank">/wiki/Gilson_A._Rivas</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Atractus mariselae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2021. <a href="http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Atractus&species=mariselae" target="_blank">http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Atractus&species=mariselae</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Atractus mariselae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T67610489A67610530. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T67610489A67610530.en. <a href="/wiki/Gilson_A._Rivas" target="_blank">/wiki/Gilson_A._Rivas</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>