New record and update on the geographical distribution of the snake Atractus pantostictus Fernandes & Puorto, 1993, for Northeast Brazil

Abstract

The specimen was captured in a pitfall trap in a transitional environment between cerrado and vereda team working in Wildlife Monitoring Program, on November 25th, 2017, around 07:31 am. The specimen was fixed whole in 10% formalin and deposited to the Zoological Collection of the Federal University of Goiás, Brazil (ZUFG1437). Identification of the specimens was based on Fernandes and Puorto (1993) and Passos et al. (2010). The specimen presents 2 postoculars; temporals 1+2; 7 supralabials, with the third and fourth contacting the orbit; 7 infralabials, with the first four contacting the chinshields; 3 gulars; 3 preventrals; 17 dorsal scale rows at midbody; 146 ventrals; cloacal plate single; and 36 divided subcaudals. A Collecting permit (# No 3979) was granted by the Instituto do Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos (INEMA), Bahia, Brazil.