Biology:Amblyodipsas teitana
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Short description: Species of snake
| 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 Broadley, 1971[2]
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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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Menegon, M.; Spawls, S.; Malonza, P. (2014). "Amblyodipsas teitana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T176273A44766479. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T176273A44766479.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176273/44766479. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Amblyodipsas teitana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "Amblyodipsas teitana Broadley, 1971". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=700368.
- Loveridge, A. 1936. Scientific results of an expedition to rain forest regions in Eastern Africa. V. Reptiles. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 79:207-337.
- Branch, Bill. 2005. A Photographic Guide to Snakes, Other Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa. Struik. Cape Town. p. 67.
Wikidata ☰ Q2842119 entry
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