Atractaspididae
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Name (Latin)
Atractaspididae
Other forms of name
Asps, Burrowing
Atractaspidae
Atractaspids
Burrowing asps
Burrowing vipers
Mole vipers
Vipers, Burrowing
Vipers, Mole
See Also From tracing topical name
Snakes
Squamata
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q840931
Library of congress:
sh 97001486
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Broadley, D.G. A revision of the African snake genera Amblyodipsas and Xenocalamus, 1971:caption p. (Colubridae)
- Mattison, C. The encyc. of snakes, c1995:p. 231 (Atractaspididae (burrowing asps). 8 genera: Amblyodipsas, Atractaspis, Aparallactus, Chilorhinophis, Macrelaps, Micrelaps, Polemon, Xenocalamus. "The current feeling is that they constitute either a subfamily of the Colubridae or a family in their own right.")
- Snakes : a natural history, 1994:p. 45 (Atractaspididae: burrowing vipers, or mole vipers. Solely comprised of the genus Atractaspis)
- E-mail from Harry W. Greene, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, 31 Jan. 1997(his new book, Snakes : the Evolution of Mystery in Nature, which will be published in several months, recognizes Atractaspididae as a valid family (sometimes incorrectly spelled Atractaspidae))
- The EMBL reptile database, via WWW, Oct. 18, 2000(Family Atractaspididae (Stiletto Snakes, Mole Vipers). Superfamily Xenophidia (Colubroidea / Caenophidia), Order Squamata; atractaspids; 8 genera: Atractaspis (subfamily tractaspidinae), Amblyodipsas, Aparallactus, Chilorhinophis, Homoroselaps, Macrelaps, Polemon, Xenocalamus (subfamily Aparallactinae))
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Atractaspis engaddensis
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File:Amblyodipsas microphthalma.jpg
Ryan van Huyssteen, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Aparallactus capensis.jpg
suncana, CC BY 4.0
File:Atractaspis bibronii full body.jpg
Ryan van Huyssteen, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Atractaspis engaddensis.jpg
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File:Homoroselaps lacteus.jpg
Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Macrelaps microlepidotus head.jpg
Marius Burger, CC0
File:Xenocalamus bicolor.jpg
Ryan van Huyssteen, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:מחרוזן הטבעות (דו-גוני).jpg
HLron, CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikipedia description:
The Atractaspididae (atractaspidids) are a family of venomous snakes found in Africa and the Middle East, commonly called mole vipers, stiletto snakes, or burrowing asps. Currently, 12 genera are recognized.
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