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Species of snake

Atractaspis engdahli
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Atractaspididae
Genus: Atractaspis
Species: A. engdahli
Binomial name
Atractaspis engdahli
Lönnberg & Andersson, 1913

Atractaspis engdahli, also known commonly as Engdahl's burrowing asp, Engdahl's burrowing viper, and the mole viper, is a species of venomous snake in the family Atractaspididae. The species is endemic to Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, engdahli, is in honor of Swedish missionary Theodor Engdahl, who collected the holotype.

Geographic range

A. engdahli is found in north-eastern Kenya and in Somalia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. engdahli are savanna, shrubland, and grassland, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).

Behaviour

A. engdahli is terrestrial and nocturnal. It is often found in termite nests and in holes in the ground.

Reproduction

A. engdahli is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Malonza P, Spawls S (2021). "Atractaspis engdahli ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T20878130A20878135.en. Accessed on 28 December 2022.
  2. "Atractaspis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  3. Spawls S, Branch B (1995).The Dangerous Snakes of Africa: Natural History, Species Directory, Venoms and Snakebite. Revised edition. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Atractaspis engdahli, p. 84).
  5. ^ Species Atractaspis engdahli at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: checklist and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465.
  • Lönnberg E, Andersson LG (1913). "On a collection of reptiles from Kismayu". Arkiv för Zoologi, Uppsala 8: 1–6. (Atractaspis engdahli, new species, pp. 5–6, Figure 1, three views of head).
  • Spawls S, Howell K, Drewes R, Ashe J (2004). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. London: A & C Black Publisher Ltd. 543 pp. ISBN 0-7136-6817-2.
  • Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Atractaspis engdahli, p. 474).


Taxon identifiers
Atractaspis engdahli


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