Atractaspis 1914812 225869297 2008-07-15T19:55:58Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[zh:穴蝰屬]] {{Taxobox | name = ''Atractaspis'' | regnum = [[Animalia]] | phylum = [[Chordata]] | subphylum = [[Vertebrata]] | classis = [[Reptilia]] | ordo = [[Squamata]] | subordo = [[Serpentes]] | familia = [[Atractaspididae]] | genus = '''''Atractaspis''''' | genus_authority = [[Andrew Smith (zoologist)|A. Smith]], [[1849]] }} :'''''Common names:''' burrowing vipers, burrowing asps, mole vipers,<ref name="SB95">Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.</ref> [[#Common names|more]].'' '''''Atractaspis''''' is a [[genus]] of [[venomous snake]]s found in [[Africa]]. Currently, 15 [[species]] are recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|ID=209551|taxon=''Atractaspis''|year=2007|date=29 August}}</ref> ==Common names== Burrowing vipers, burrowing asps, mole vipers, stiletto snakes, side-stabbing snakes.<ref name="SB95">Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.</ref> ==Geographic range== Found mostly in subsaharan Africa, with a limited distribution in [[Israel]] and the [[Arabian Peninsula]].<ref name="SB95"/> ==Species== {|cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 border=1 style="border-collapse: collapse;" !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Species<ref name="ITIS"/> !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Authority<ref name="ITIS"/> !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Subsp.*<ref name="ITIS"/> !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Common name<ref name="SB95"/> !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Geographic range<ref name="SB95"/> |- |''[[Atractaspis aterrima|A. aterrima]]'' |[[Albert C. L. G. Günther|Günther]], [[1863]] |align="center"|0 |Slender burrowing asp |style="width:40%"|[[Africa]] from [[Senegal]] and the [[Gambia]] east to [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]] and [[Uganda]]. |- |''[[Atractaspis battersbyi|A. battersbyi]]'' |Witte, [[1959]] |align="center"|0 |Battersby's burrowing asp |Africa: Bolobo, on the [[Congo River]] basin, DR Congo. |- |''[[Atractaspis bibronii|A. bibronii]]'' |[[Andrew Smith (zoologist)|A. Smith]], [[1849]] |align="center"|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]]. |- |''[[Atractaspis boulengeri|A. boulengeri]]'' |Mocquard, [[1897]] |align="center"|5 |Central African burrowing asp |Africa: the forests of the western Congo River basin. |- |''[[Atractaspis coalescens|A. coalescens]]'' |Perret, [[1960]] |align="center"|0 |Black burrowing asp |Africa: Bangwa in southwestern [[Cameroon]]. |- |''[[Atractaspis congica|A. congica]]'' |[[Wilhelm Peters|Peters]], [[1877]] |align="center"|2 |Congo burrowing asp |Africa: from the mouth of the Congo River south to [[Angola]], southeastern DR Congo and northern Zambia. |- |''[[Atractaspis corpulenta|A. corpulenta]]'' |([[Edward Hallowell (herpetologist)|Hallowell]], [[1954]]) |align="center"|2 |Fat burrowing asp |Africa: from [[Liberia]] to [[Ghana]] and from [[Nigeria]] eastwards to northeastern DR Congo. |- |''[[Atractaspis dahomeyensis|A. dahomeyensis]]'' |[[José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage|Bocage]], [[1887]] |align="center"|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]]. |- |''[[Atractaspis duerdeni|A. duerdeni]]'' |Gough, [[1907]] |align="center"|0 |Duerden's burrowing asp |Africa in two isolated populations: one in north-central Namibia and one in southeastern [[Botswana]] and northern South Africa. |- |''[[Atractaspis engdahli|A. engdahli]]'' |Lonnberg & Andersson, [[1913]] |align="center"|0 |Engdahl's burrowing asp |Africa: southern Somalia and the lower [[Juba River|Juba Valley]] northwest into northeastern Kenya. |- |''[[Atractaspis irregularis|A. irregularis]]'' |([[Johan Reinhardt|Reinhardt]], [[1843]]) |align="center"|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. |- |''[[Atractaspis leucomelas|A. leucomelas]]'' |[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], [[1895]] |align="center"|0 |Ogaden burrowing asp |Africa: eastern Ethiopia, northwestern Somalia and [[Djibouti]]. |- |''[[Atractaspis microlepidota|A. microlepidota]]'' |Günther, [[1866]] |align="center"|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]]. |- |''[[Atractaspis reticulata|A. reticulata]]'' |Sjöstedt, [[1896]] |align="center"|2 |Reticulate burrowing asp |Central Africa: from southern Cameroon, east to eastern DR Congo and south to Angola. |- |''[[Atractaspis scorteccii|A. scorteccii]]'' |Parker, [[1949]] |align="center"|0 |Somali burrowing asp |Africa: eastern Ethiopia and northern Somalia. |- |} ''*) Not including the nominate subspecies (typical form).'' ==See also== * [[Snakebite]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{NRDB genus|genus=Atractaspis|date=29 August|year=2007}} [[Category:Atractaspididae]] [[no:Jordviper]] [[zh:穴蝰屬]]