Atractaspis scorteccii

Atractaspis scorteccii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Lamprophiidae
Genus:Atractaspis
Species: A. scorteccii
Binomial name
Atractaspis scorteccii
Parker, 1949

Atractaspis scorteccii, commonly known as Scortecci's mole viper[1] or the Somali burrowing asp, is a species of venomous snake in the family Atractaspididae.[2]

Etymology

The specific epithet, scorteccii, is in honor of Italian herpetologist Giuseppe Scortecci (1898–1973).[1][3]

Geographic range

A. scorteccii is endemic to Africa,[4] where it is found in Ethiopia and Somalia.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 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 scorteccii, p. 239).
  2. ↑ "Atractaspis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  3. ↑ "Giuseppe Scortecci". Wikispecies. https://species.wikimedia.og/wiki/Scortecci.
  4. ↑ Spawls, Stephen; Branch, Bill (1995). The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Dubai: Oriental Press. ISBN 0-88359-029-8.
  5. ↑ "Atractaspis scorteccii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Parker HW (1949). "The Snakes of Somaliland and the Sokotra Islands". Zoologische Verhandlingen 6: 1-115. (Atractaspis scorteccii, new species, p. 109).


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