Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata

Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata, or the Kalahari purple-glossed snake, is a species of venomous rear-fanged snake in the Atractaspididae family.[2][3] It is endemic to Namibia, Botswana, northern Zimbabwe, and western Zambia.[4]

Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Amblyodipsas
Species:
A. ventrimaculata
Binomial name
Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata
(Roux, 1907)
Synonyms

Rhinocalamus ventrimaculatus Roux, 1907[1]

References

  1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Branch, Bill. 2005. A Photographic Guide to Snakes, Other Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa. Struik. Cape Town. p. 67.
  3. ."Amblyodipsas". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  4. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.


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