Atractaspis
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{{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==
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|-
|''[[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]].
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|''[[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}}
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