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    Species Accepted

    Atractaspis congica Peters, 1877

    Congo Burrowing Asp
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Atractaspis
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      5 results
      Congo Burrowing Asp English
      Congo Stiletto Snake English
      Eastern Congo Burrowing Asp
      áspide‑subterrânea‑do‑congo Portuguese
      剛果穴蝰 Chinese

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      1 result
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      35 results
      Dobiey, M., & Vogel, G. (2007). Venomous Snakes of Africa - Giftschlangen Afrikas. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 15, 150 Pp.
      Massimo Capalbo. (2024). The World’s Most Dangerous Snakes - Volume I: From the fast-lightning Black Mamba to the insidious Hook-nosed Sea Snake, through the formidable Coastal Taipan. Privately Published, 252 Pp.
      Conradie W and Branch WR. (2016). The herpetofauna of the Cubango, Cuito, and lower Cuando river catchments of south-eastern Angola. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 10 (2) [Special Section]: 6–36.
      Hughes, B. (1983). African snake faunas. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 34: 311-356.
      SANTOS, B. S. .,MARQUES, M. P. ., BAUER, A. M. ., & CERÍACO, L. M. P. . (2021). Herpetological results of Francisco Newton’s Zoological Expedition to Angola (1903–1906): a taxonomic revision and new records of a forgotten collection. Zootaxa 5028 (1): 1–80.
      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.
      Laurent, R. F. (1945). Contribution a la connaissance du Genre Atractaspis A. Smith. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 38: 312-343.
      Peters, & Wilhem Carl Hartwig. (1877). Übersicht der Amphibien aus Chinchoxo (Westafrika), welche von der Africanischen Gesellschaft dem Berliner zoologischen Museum übergeben sind. Monatsber. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1877 (October): 611-620.
      Schleicher, & Alfred. (2020). Reptiles of Namibia. Kuiseb Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia, 271 Pp.
      Bittencourt-Silva GB. (2019). Herpetological survey of western Zambia. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [Special Section]: 1-28 (E181).

      Citation

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