Atractaspis magrettii SCORTECCI, 1929

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Higher Taxa	Atractaspididae (Atractaspidinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Magretti’s Burrowing Asp
Synonym	Atractaspis 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
Distribution	NW Ethiopia, W Eritrea, SE Sudan (Jumhūriyyat), Republic of South Sudan (RSS) Type locality: "Mandafená, Eritrea."
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: MSNM 1796 (Milano), a male (P. Magretti).
Diagnosis
Comment	Venomous!
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] 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 Google images

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