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Atractaspis
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Atractaspis is a genus of venomous snakes found in Africa. Currently, 15 species are recognized.[2]
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Burrowing vipers, burrowing asps, mole vipers, stiletto snakes, side-stabbing snakes.[1]
Found mostly in subsaharan Africa, with a limited distribution in Israel and the Arabian Peninsula.[1]
| Species[2] | Authority[2] | Subsp.*[2] | Common name[1] | Geographic range[1] |
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| A. aterrima | Günther, 1863 | 0 | Slender burrowing asp | Africa from Senegal and the Gambia east to DR Congo and Uganda. |
| A. battersbyi | Witte, 1959 | 0 | Battersby's burrowing asp | Africa: Bolobo, on the Congo River basin, DR Congo. |
| A. bibronii | A. Smith, 1849 | 0 | Bibron's burrowing asp | Southern Africa, from central Namibia, east to northern South Africa, north to southeastern DR Congo, eastern Tanzania, coastal Kenya, and extreme southern coastal Somalia. |
| A. boulengeri | Mocquard, 1897 | 5 | Central African burrowing asp | Africa: the forests of the western Congo River basin. |
| A. coalescens | Perret, 1960 | 0 | Black burrowing asp | Africa: Bangwa in southwestern Cameroon. |
| A. congica | Peters, 1877 | 2 | Congo burrowing asp | Africa: from the mouth of the Congo River south to Angola, southeastern DR Congo and northern Zambia. |
| A. corpulenta | (Hallowell, 1954) | 2 | Fat burrowing asp | Africa: from Liberia to Ghana and from Nigeria eastwards to northeastern DR Congo. |
| A. dahomeyensis | Bocage, 1887 | 0 | Dahomey burrowing asp | Africa: from southwestern Cameroon, north and west through Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, northwestern Ivory Coast, southwestern Burkina Faso and south-central Mali. |
| A. duerdeni | Gough, 1907 | 0 | Duerden's burrowing asp | Africa in two isolated populations: one in north-central Namibia and one in southeastern Botswana and northern South Africa. |
| A. engdahli | Lonnberg & Andersson, 1913 | 0 | Engdahl's burrowing asp | Africa: southern Somalia and the lower Juba Valley northwest into northeastern Kenya. |
| A. irregularis | (Reinhardt, 1843) | 4 | Variable burrowing asp | Africa: from Liberia to Ghana, from Nigeria east to Uganda, southern Sudan, and western and central Kenya, and south to northeastern Tanzania, DR Congo and northwestern Angola. |
| A. leucomelas | Boulenger, 1895 | 0 | Ogaden burrowing asp | Africa: eastern Ethiopia, northwestern Somalia and Djibouti. |
| A. microlepidota | Günther, 1866 | 1 | Small-scaled burring asp | Africa: east from Senegal and Mauritania to Chad, southern and northeastern Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. Also in the southwestern Arabian Peninsula. |
| A. reticulata | Sjöstedt, 1896 | 2 | Reticulate burrowing asp | Central Africa: from southern Cameroon, east to eastern DR Congo and south to Angola. |
| A. scorteccii | Parker, 1949 | 0 | Somali burrowing asp | Africa: eastern Ethiopia and northern Somalia. |
*) Not including the nominate subspecies (typical form).
- ^ a b c d e Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.
- ^ a b c d Atractaspis (TSN 209551). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 29 August 2007.
- Atractaspis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed 29 August 2007.