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Amblyodipsas teitana

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Species of snake

Amblyodipsas teitana
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Atractaspididae
Genus: Amblyodipsas
Species: A. teitana
Binomial name
Amblyodipsas teitana
Broadley, 1971

Amblyodipsas teitana, also known as the Taita Hills purple-glossed snake or Teitana purple-glossed snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae. It is endemic to the Taita Hills in Kenya, and only known from the holotope, a 43 cm (16.9 in) female, first identified as Calamelaps unicolor by Arthur Loveridge in 1936.

References

  1. ^ 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. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. ^ Amblyodipsas teitana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 May 2021.
  3. "Amblyodipsas teitana Broadley, 1971". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  • 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.
Taxon identifiers
Amblyodipsas teitana


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