Skip to main content

    Species Accepted

    Atractaspis aterrima Günther, 1863

    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      View all

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      6 results
      Erdviper German
      Mole Viper English
      Slender Burrowing Asp English
      Vestlig Jordhugorm Danish
      Western Forest Stiletto Snake English
      西非穴蝰 Chinese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      35 results
      Dobiey, M., & Vogel, G. (2007). Venomous Snakes of Africa - Giftschlangen Afrikas. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 15, 150 Pp.
      Trape, J.-F. & Mané, Y. (2004). Les serpents des environs de Bandafassi (Sénégal oriental). Bull. Soc. Herp. France 109: 5-34.
      Broadley, D. G., & HOWELL, K. M. (1991). A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70.
      Trape, J.-F. & Mané, Y. (2002). Les serpents du Sénégal: liste commentée des espèces. Bull. Soc. Pathol. Exot. 95 (3): 148-150.
      Hughes, B. (1983). African snake faunas. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 34: 311-356.
      Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. (2002). A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 Pp. [Reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147].
      dos Reis-Silva F, Alves-Martins F, Martínez-Arribas J, Pizzigalli C, Seck S, Rainho A, Rocha R, & Palmeirim AF. (2025). Amphibian and reptile dataset across different land-use types in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Biodiversity Data Journal 13: E147388.
      Rödel M, Kucharzewski C, Mahlow K, Chirio L, Pauwels OSG, Carlino P, Sambolah G, & Glos J. (2019). A new stiletto snake (Lamprophiidae, Atractaspidinae, Atractaspis) from Liberia and Guinea, West Africa. Zoosystematics and Evolution 95(1): 107-123.
      Böhme, Wolfgang, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Christian Brede, & Philipp Wagner. (2011). The reptiles (Testudines, Squamata, Crocodylia) of the forested southeast of the Republic Guinea (Guinée forestière), with a country-wide checklist. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 60 (1): 35-61.
      Trape, Jean-François; Israël Demba Kodindo, Ali Sougoudi Djiddi, Joseph Mad-Toïngué & Clément Hinzoumbé Kerah. (2020). The snakes of Chad: results of a field survey and annotated country-wide checklist. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 69 (2): 367–393.

      Citation

      Atractaspis aterrima Günther, 1863 in undefined