Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata
Appearance
Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Atractaspididae |
Genus: | Amblyodipsas |
Species: | A. ventrimaculata
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Binomial name | |
Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata (Roux, 1907)
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Synonyms | |
Rhinocalamus ventrimaculatus Roux, 1907[1] |
Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata, or the Kalahari purple-glossed snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the Atractaspididae family.[2][3] It is endemic to Namibia, Botswana, northern Zimbabwe, and western Zambia.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Branch, Bill. 2005. A Photographic Guide to Snakes, Other Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa. Struik. Cape Town. p. 67.
- ^ ."Amblyodipsas". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- Roux, Jean. 1907. Sur quelques Reptiles sud-africains. Rev. suisse Zool. 15:75-86. (In French, with line drawing of head scalation) https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38729#page/90/mode/1up