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Atractaspis magrettii SCORTECCI, 1929

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Higher TaxaAtractaspididae (Atractaspidinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Magretti’s Burrowing Asp 
SynonymAtractaspis microlepidota magrettii SCORTECCI 1929: 308
Atractaspis microlepidota magrettii — LAURENT 1950: 9
Atractaspis magrettii — DOBIEY & VOGEL 2007
Atractaspis magrettii — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 577
Atractaspis magrettii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 66 
DistributionEritrea, E Sudan (Jumhūriyyat)

Type locality: "Mandafená, Eritrea." [= maybe Mendefera, Eritrea ?]  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: MSNM 1796 (Milano), a male (P. Magretti). 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3607 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

Distribution: Not in Ethiopia fide Sperling et al. 2025, Spawls / IUCN 2025. 
EtymologyNamed after the entomologists Paolo Magretti, who collected the type. 
References
  • Dobiey, M. & Vogel, G. 2007. Venomous Snakes of Africa - Giftschlangen Afrikas. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 15, 150 pp. - get paper here
  • Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp.
  • Largen,M.J. & Rasmussen,J.B. 1993. Catalogue of the snakes of Ethiopia (Reptilia Serpentes), including identification keys. Tropical Zoology 6: 313-434 - get paper here
  • Laurent, R.F. 1950. Revision du genre Atractaspis A. SMITH. Mem. Inst. Roy. nat. Belg. (2) 38: 1-49
  • Scortecci, G. 1929. Rettili dell'Eritrea esistenti nelle Collezioni del Museo Civico de Milano. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali, e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milano 67 (3-4): 290-339 [1928] - get paper here
  • Spawls, S. 2021. Atractaspis magrettii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T20878163A20878168
  • Spawls, S., Branch, B. 2020. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Bloomsbury, London, 336 pp. - get paper here
  • Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 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.
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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