Amblyodipsas teitana | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Atractaspididae |
Genus: | Amblyodipsas |
Species: | A. teitana
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Binomial name | |
Amblyodipsas teitana |
Amblyodipsas teitana, also known as the Taita Hills purple-glossed snake [1] or Teitana purple-glossed snake, [2] is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae. [2] [3] It is endemic to the Taita Hills in Kenya, and only known from the holotope, [1] a 43 cm (16.9 in) female, first identified as Calamelaps unicolor by Arthur Loveridge in 1936. [2]
Amblyodipsas teitana | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Atractaspididae |
Genus: | Amblyodipsas |
Species: | A. teitana
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Binomial name | |
Amblyodipsas teitana |
Amblyodipsas teitana, also known as the Taita Hills purple-glossed snake [1] or Teitana purple-glossed snake, [2] is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae. [2] [3] It is endemic to the Taita Hills in Kenya, and only known from the holotope, [1] a 43 cm (16.9 in) female, first identified as Calamelaps unicolor by Arthur Loveridge in 1936. [2]