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Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata

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Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Atractaspididae
Genus: Amblyodipsas
Species:
A. ventrimaculata
Binomial name
Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata
(Roux, 1907)
Synonyms

Rhinocalamus ventrimaculatus Roux, 1907[1]

Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata, or the Kalahari purple-glossed snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the Atractaspididae family.[2][3] It is endemic to Namibia, Botswana, northern Zimbabwe, and western Zambia.[4]

References

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  1. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ Branch, Bill. 2005. A Photographic Guide to Snakes, Other Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa. Struik. Cape Town. p. 67.
  3. ^ ."Amblyodipsas". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  4. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.