Atractus eriki is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.
Etymology
The specific name, eriki, is in honor of Erik La Marca (born 1990), who is the youngest son of Venezuelan herpetologist .
Geographic range
A. eriki is native to the western slope of the Cordillera de Mérida in the western Venezuelan states of Mérida, Táchira, and Trujillo.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. eriki is forest, at altitudes of .
Reproduction
A. eriki is oviparous.
References
Further reading
- , , (2005). "Un nuevo colúbrido fossorial del género Atractus (Dipsadinae) de la vertiente lacustre de Los Andes de Venezuela". Herpetotropicos 2 (2): 87âÂÂ93. (Atractus eriki, new species). (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
- ; Esqueda González, Luis Felipe; (2015). Serpientes de Venezuela: Una Vision Actual de su Diversidad. Santiago de Chile: Dimacofi Negocios Avanzados S.A. 456 pp. (in Spanish).
- , , , , , (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1âÂÂ64.
- Wallach V, Williams KL, (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press, an Imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. 1,237 pp. . (Atractus eriki, p. 72).