Atractus stygius
Atractus stygius Passos, Azevedo, Nogueira, Fernandes & Swaya, 2019
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks. Holotype (295 mm SVL) and paratype UFMT 8138 with prepared hemipenes. Holotype hemipenis kept inside cryotube together with specimen. No tissue samples available.
Filling gaps between museum and society: An illustrated catalog of the primary type specimens of Squamata housed in the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
materials_examined
Holotype. Adult male, MNRJ 26734 (formerly UFMT 8139), collected by Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso team in 2009 at Bocaiúva (12 ° 29 ' 50 " S, 57 ° 52 ' 30 " W [informed]; 312 m asl [informed]), Craveri River, Municipality of Brasnorte, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Paratypes. MNRJ 26735 (formerly UFMT 9024), MNRJ 28144 (formerly UFMT 8138), MNRJ 28145 (formerly UFMT 9116), MZUSP 20667, UFMT 3949, UFMT 8137, UFMT 8140 – 8142.
Filling gaps between museum and society: An illustrated catalog of the primary type specimens of Squamata housed in the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
distribution
Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 182 A), recorded in western Cerrado and its contact with Amazonia and Chiquitano Dry Forest (Plt. 182 A) at low to intermediate elevations of the Pareci Plateau (Plt. 182 B). No detailed field data on habitat use are available for this species.
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
materials_examined
Type locality. Bocaiúva hydroelectric power plant, Rio Cravari (not “ Craveri ”), Brasnorte, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 11123662.