Amblyodipsas teitana BROADLEY, 1971

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Higher Taxa	Atractaspididae (Aparallactinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Teitana Purple-glossed Snake
Synonym	Amblyodipsas teitana BROADLEY 1971: 661 Amblyodipsas teitana — WELCH 1994: 15 Amblyodipsas teitana — SPAWLS et al. 2002: 434 Amblyodipsas teitana — WALLACH et al. 2014: 27 Amblyodipsas teitana — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 470
Distribution	Mount Mbololo,Teita Hills (Kenya) Type locality: "Mount Mbololo, Teita Hills near Voi, Kenya, at an altitude [elevation] of c. 1150 metres.”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 40705, a 434 mm female (A. Loveridge, 27 April 1934).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A species with an obtusely pointed snout, apparently most closely related to A. dimidiata from which it differs as follows: (1) the dorsal scale rows are reduced to 15 before the 'vent; (2) there are only five upper labials; (3) lower ventral and subcaudal counts (at least in the female); (4) nasal entire; (5) black ventral coloration [BROADLEY 1971: 661] Additional details (107 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Venomous! Synonymy: Loveridge (1936) assigned the type to Calamelaps unicolor.
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 Loveridge,A. 1936. Scientific results of an expedition to rain forest regions in Eastern Africa. V. Reptiles. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 79 (5): 209-337 - get paper here Rovero, F., Menegon, M., Fjeldså, J., Collett, L., Doggart, N., Leonard, C., Norton, G., Owen, N., Perkin, A., Spitale, D., Ahrends, A., Burgess, N. D. 2014. Targeted vertebrate surveys enhance the faunal importance and improve explanatory models within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania. Diversity and Distributions. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12246 - get paper here 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 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.
External links	IUCN Red List https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/385149587042979 Google images

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