Atractaspis engdahli

Atractaspis engdahli, or Engdahl's burrowing asp, is a species of venomous snake in the family Atractaspididae.[1] The species is endemic to Africa.[2]

Atractaspis engdahli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Atractaspis
Species:
A. engdahli
Binomial name
Atractaspis engdahli

Etymology

The specific name, engdahli, is in honor of Swedish missionary Theodor Engdahl, who collected the holotype.[3]

Geographic range

A. engdahli is found in northeastern Kenya and in Somalia.[4]

References
  1. "Atractaspis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  2. 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.
  3. 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).
  4. "Atractaspis engdahli ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Lönnberg E, Andersson LG (1913). "On a collection of reptiles from Kismayu". Arkiv för Zoologi, Uppsala 8: 1–6.


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