Atractus gaigeae
Atractus gaigeae, also known commonly as Gaige's ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Ecuador. Etymology
The specific name, gaigeae, is in honor of American herpetologist Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige. Geographic range
A. gaigeae is found in eastern Ecuador, in the Amazon Basin,<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021"/

Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. gaigeae is forest, at altitudes of . Description
A small species, A gaigeae may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of  in females, and  in males. The tail is short, about 10% SVL in females, and about 14% SVL in males. Reproduction
A. gaigeae is oviparous. References

Further reading
Dixon, James R.; Soini, Pekka (1977). "The Reptiles of the Upper Amazon Basin, Iquitos Region, Peru, Part 2: Crocodilians, Turtles, and Snakes". Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology (4): 59–154. (Atractus collaris gaigeae, new combination). Passos P, Prudente ALC, Ramos LO, Caicedo-Portilla JR, Lynch JD (2018). "Species delimitations in the Atractus collaris complex (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)". Zootaxa 4392 (3): 491–520. Savage JM (1955). "Descriptions of New Colubrid Snakes, Genus Atractus, from Ecuador". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 68: 11–20. (Atractus gaigeae, new species, pp. 12–14). Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D (2019). "Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1) [General Section]: 209–229 (e178). Atractus
Reptiles of Ecuador
Endemic fauna of Ecuador
Reptiles described in 1955
Taxa named by Jay M. Savage