Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata

Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Atractaspididae
Genus:	Amblyodipsas
Species:	A. ventrimaculata
Binomial name
Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata (Roux, 1907)
Synonyms
Rhinocalamus ventrimaculatus Roux, 1907 [1]

Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata, or the Kalahari purple-glossed snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the Atractaspididae family. ^{[2] [3]} It is endemic to Namibia, Botswana, northern Zimbabwe, and western Zambia. ^[4]

References

1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. Branch, Bill. 2005. A Photographic Guide to Snakes, Other Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa. Struik. Cape Town. p. 67.
3. . "Amblyodipsas". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 8 August 2010.
4. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

• Roux, Jean. 1907. Sur quelques Reptiles sud-africains. Rev. suisse Zool. 15:75-86. (In French, with line drawing of head scalation) https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38729#page/90/mode/1up