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Atractaspis dahomeyensis BOCAGE, 1887

IUCN Red List - Atractaspis dahomeyensis - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaAtractaspididae (Atractaspidinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mole Viper 
SynonymAtractaspis dahomeyensis BOCAGE 1887: 196
Atractaspis dahomeyensis — CHABANAUD 1917: 225
Atractaspis dahomeyensis — PERRET 1961
Atractaspis dahomeyensis — PAPENFUSS 1969
Atractaspis dahomeyensis — WELCH 1994: 21
Atractaspis dahomeyensis —TRAPE & MANÉ 2006
Atractaspis dahomeyensis — TRAPE & BALDÉ 2014
Atractaspis dahomeyensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 65 
DistributionGuinea (Conakry), Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Mali, Gambia, Chad

Type locality: “Zomai, Dahomey”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MB 108 (2147), a 490 mm specimen (Newton); Museu Bocage, no longer extant. 
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CommentVenomous!

Distribution: not in Sierra Leone fide TRAPE & BALDÉ 2014: 320 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
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  • Chabanaud, P. 1917. Descriptions de trois espéces nouvelles de Reptilies de l'Afrique. Bull. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. Paris 23: 219-225 - get paper here
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  • Hughes, B. 2013. Snakes of Bénin, West Africa. Bull. Soc. Herp. France 144: 101-159
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  • Laurent, R.F. 1950. Revision du genre Atractaspis A. SMITH. Mem. Inst. Roy. nat. Belg. (2) 38: 1-49
  • Papenfuss, T. J. 1969. Preliminary analysis of the reptiles of arid central West Africa. Wasmann Journal of Biology 27:249—325 - get paper here
  • Pauwels, O. & Meirte,D. 1996. Contribution to the knowledge of the Gambian herpetofauna. British Herpetological Society Bulletin (56): 27-34 - get paper here
  • Perret, J.L. 1961. Études herpétologiques africaines III. 1. La faune ophidienne de la région camerounaise. Bull. Soc. neuchâtel. Sci. nat., 84: 133-138
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