Atractaspis duerdeni
| Atractaspis duerdeni | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Atractaspididae |
| Genus: | Atractaspis |
| Species: | A. duerdeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Atractaspis duerdeni Gough, 1907 | |
Atractaspis duerdeni, commonly known as the beaked burrowing asp[1] or Duerden's burrowing asp, is a species of venomous snake in the Atractaspididae family.[2]
Etymology
The specific epithet, duerdeni, is in honor of James Edwin Duerden, Ph.D., (1865-1937) of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa.[3][4]
Geographic range
A. duerdeni is endemic to Africa.[5]
Description
A. duerdeni is cream-colored above and below. The dorsal scales are in 21 rows at midbody. Ventrals 199; anal entire; subcaudals 22, all except the first entire. Snout prominent, subcuneiform. Rostral with a rounded horizontal edge, the portion visible from above a little longer than its distance from the frontal.[3]
References
- ↑ "Atractaspis duerdeni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Atractaspis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- 1 2 Gough LH. 1907. Description of a new species of Atractaspis collected at Serowe, North Eastern Kalahari. Rec. Albany Museum 2: 178-179.
- ↑ 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 duerdeni, p. 76).
- ↑ Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Dubai: Oriental Press. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.
Further reading
- Branch, Bill. 2004. Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Atractaspis duerdeni, p. 63 + Plate 38).
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