Atractaspis duerdeni
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Lamprophiidae |
| Genus: | Atractaspis |
| Species: | A. duerdeni
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| Atractaspis duerdeni , 1907
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Atractaspis duerdeni, commonly known as the beaked burrowing asp[1] or Duerden's burrowing asp, is a species of venomous snake in the family Atractaspididae.[2] Iti sfound in Africa.
Etymology[]
The specific epithet, duerdeni, is in honor of James Edwin Duerden, (1865-1937) of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa.[3][4]
Description[]
A. duerdeni is cream-colored above and below. Its length is 21.6 inches or 55 cm. The dorsal scales are in 21 rows at midbody. The ventrals number 199; the anal is entire; and the subcaudals number 22, all except the first entire. The snout is prominent and subcuneiform. The rostral has a rounded horizontal edge, and the portion visible from above is 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.
- ^ a b Gough, Lewis Henry (1907). "Description of a new species of Atractaspis collected at Serowe, North Eastern Kalahari". Rec. Albany Museum 2: 178-179. (Atractaspis duerdeni, new species).
- ^ 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 duerdeni, p. 76).
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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