Atractaspis phillipsi BARBOUR, 1913

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Higher Taxa	Atractaspididae (Atractaspidinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
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
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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