Atractaspis phillipsi BARBOUR, 1913
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Higher Taxa | Atractaspididae (Atractaspidinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Phillips’ Burrowing Asp G: Phillips Erdviper |
Synonym | Atractaspis phillipsi BARBOUR 1913 Atractaspis phillipsi — BROADLEY 1994 Atractaspis phillipsi — DOBIEY & VOGEL 2007 Atractaspis phillipsi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 67 |
Distribution | SE Sudan
Type locality: Luiga, Ang-Eazy, Sudan
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Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: MCZ R-8782 |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Venomous!
Synonymy: This species has been treated as a synonym of A. microlepidota. Atractaspis phillipsi has been elevated to full species status by BROADLEY 1994. |
References |
- Barbour, T. 1913. Reptiles and amphibians from eastern Sudan. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 26: 145-150 - get paper here
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Broadley, D.G. 1994. A collection of snakes from eastern Sudan, with the description of a new species of Telescopus Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia: Ophidia). Journal of African Zoology 108 (2): 201-208.
- Dobiey, M. & Vogel, G. 2007. Venomous Snakes of Africa - Giftschlangen Afrikas. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 15, 150 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.
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