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    Species Accepted

    Atractaspis aterrima Günther, 1863

    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      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
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      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.

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