Amblyodipsas katangensis DE WITTE & LAURENT, 1942

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Higher Taxa	Atractaspididae (Aparallactinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies	Amblyodipsas katangensis katangensis WITTE & LAURENT 1942 Amblyodipsas katangensis ionidesi LOVERIDGE 1951
Common Names	E: Katanga Purple-glossed Snake
Synonym	Amblyodipsas (Amblyodipsas) katangensis DE WITTE & LAURENT 1942 Amblyodipsas katangensis DE WITTE & LAURENT 1942: 113 Amblyodipsas katangensis — DE WITTE & LAURENT 1947 Amblyodipsas katangensis — WELCH 1994: 15 Amblyodipsas katengensis [sic] — SPAWLS et al. 2001 Amblyodipsas katangensis — BROADLEY et al. 2003: 87 Amblyodipsas katangensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 26 Amblyodipsas katangensis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 468 Amblyodipsas katangensis — PIETERSEN et al. 2021 Amblyodipsas katangensis ionidesi LOVERIDGE 1951 Amblyodipsas katengensis ionidesi LOVERIDGE 1951: 193 Amblyodipsas katengensis ionidesi LOVERIDGE 1957: 15 Amblyodipsas katengensis — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 29
Distribution	E?, S Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), N Zambia Type locality: Ngayu, Katanga, Congo-Kinshasa. ionidesi: SE Tanzania. Type locality: Tunduru, Tanzania.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: RMCA (= MRAC) 9321 Holotype: MCZ 51364 [ionidesi]
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (689 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Venomous!
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Broadley, D. G. 1971. A revision of the African snake genera Amblyodipsas and Xenocalamus. Occ. Pap. natl. Mus. Rhod. B4 (33): 629-697 Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70 Broadley, D.G. 1998. The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp. Broadley, D.G.; Doria, C.T. & Wigge, J. 2003. Snakes of Zambia. An Atlas and Field Guide. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 280 pp. [review in Sauria 26 (3): 21] Broadley, Donald G. and F. P. D. Cotterill. 2004. The reptiles of southeast Katanga, an overlooked 'hot spot'. [Congo]. African Journal of Herpetology 53 (1): 35-61. - get paper here Chifundera, K. 1990. Snakes of Zaire and their bites. Afr. Stud. Monogr. (Kyoto) 10(3): 137-157. Chippaux, Jean-Philippe & Kate Jackson 2019. Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Johns Hopkins University Press, 448 pp. [detaileld review in HR 51 (1): 161] - get paper here Loveridge, A. 1951. On reptiles and amphibians from Tanganyika Territory collected by C.J.P. Ionides. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 106 (4): 175- 204. - get paper here Loveridge, A. 1957. On a third collection of reptiles taken in Tanganyika by C.J.P. Ionides, Esq. Tanganyika Notes and Records 43: 1-19 Pietersen, Darren, Verburgt, Luke & Davies, John 2021. Snakes and other reptiles of Zambia and Malawi. Struik Nature / Penguin Random House South Africa, 376 pp., ISBN 9781775847373 Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here Trape, J.-F. 2023. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale, centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. IRD Éditions, Marseille, 896 pp. Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp. Witte, G. F. de & LAURENT,R.F. 1947. Revision d'un groupe de Colubridae africains: genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus, et formes affines. Mém. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. Belgique (sér. 2) 29: 1-134 Witte, G. F. de & R. LAURENT 1942. Contribution à la Faune Herpétologique du Congo belge. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 36 (2): 101-115
External links	IUCN Red List https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/460971089460828 Google images

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