Atractaspis boulengeri

Atractaspis boulengeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Atractaspididae
Genus: Atractaspis
Species: A. boulengeri
Binomial name
Atractaspis boulengeri
Mocquard, 1897

Atractaspis boulengeri, or the Central African burrowing asp, is a species of venomous snake in the Atractaspididae family.[1] It is endemic to Africa.[2]

Etymology

The specific epithet, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[3]

References

  1. "Atractaspis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  2. Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Dubai: Oriental Press. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Atractaspis boulengeri, p. 34).

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