Atractaspis irregularis

• Common Names
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Common Names

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Atractaspis bipostocularis Boulenger 1905
2. Atractaspis caudalis Sternfeld 1908: 94
3. Atractaspis conradsi Sternfeld 1908: 94
4. Atractaspis irregularis — Boulenger 1897: 280
5. Atractaspis irregularis — Chirio & Ineich 2006
6. Elaps irregularis Reinhardt 1843

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Atractaspis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 60 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. alterima · A. andersonii · A. aterrima (Western Forest Mole Viper) · A. battersbyi (Battersby's Mole Viper) · A. bibronii · A. bibronii (Southern Or Bibron's Burrowing Asp) · A. bibronii rostrata · A. bibroni bibroni · A. bibroni rostrata · A. bipostocularis · A. boulengeri (Boulenger's Mole Viper) · A. boulengeri boulengeri (Boulenger's Mole Viper) · A. boulengeri matschiensis · A. boulengeri mixta · A. boulengeri schmidti · A. boulengeri schultzei · A. boulengeri vanderborghti · A. coalescens (Mole Viper) · A. congica (Orientalis: Eastern Congo Burrowing Asp) · A. congica congica (Eastern Congo Burrowing Asp) · A. congica leleupi · A. congica orientalis · A. conradsi · A. corpulenta (Fat Mole Viper) · A. corpulenta corpulenta (Fat Mole Viper) · A. corpulenta kivuensis · A. corpulenta leucura · A. corpulentus · A. dahomeyensis (Bocage's Mole Viper) · A. duerdeni (Duerden's Or Beaked Burrowing Asp) · A. engaddensis (Israeli Mole Viper) · A. engdahli (Engdahl's Mole Viper) · A. engdahlii · A. fallax (False Mole Viper) · A. heterochilus · A. irregularis (Variable Mole Viper) · A. irregularis angeli · A. irregularis bipostocularis · A. irregularis conradsi · A. irregularis irregularis (Variable Mole Viper) · A. irregularis parkeri · A. irregularis uelensis · A. leucomelas (White Mole Viper) · A. leucura · A. matschiensis · A. microlepidota (Small-Scaled Burrowing Asp) · A. microlepidota andersoni · A. microlepidota andersonii · A. microlepidota magrettii · A. microlepidota microlepidota (Small-Scaled Burrowing Asp) · A. micropholis (Sahelian Burrowing Asp) · A. phillipsi · A. reticulata (Reticulate Mole Viper) · A. reticulata brieni · A. reticulata heterochilus · A. rostrata · A. schultzei · A. scorteccii (Scortecci's Mole Viper) · A. watsoni (Watson’s Burrowing Asp) · A. wilsoni

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Further Reading

• Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 184, p. 189.
• Boulenger (1897) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 19: 276-281
• Boulenger (1905) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 15: 190
• Bourgeois (1963) Ann. Soc. Zool. Belg. 93: 159-169
• Broadley et al. (1991) Syntarsus, 1: 1—70
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 240, p. 243, p. 278, p. 502.
• Böhme (1975) Bonn. zool. Beitr. 26 (1-3): 2-48
• Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- ENG url p. 34.
• Chirio et al. (2006) African Journal of Herpetology 55(1):23-59.
• Herp©tologie d'Angola et du Congo; ouvrage publi© sous les auspices du Minist©·re de la marine et des colonies, par J.V. Barboza du Bocage, professeur de zoologie © l'©?cole polytechnique, directeur du Mus©um national de Lisbonne. Lisbonne, Impr. nationale, 1895. FRE url p. 143.
• Hughes (1983) Bonn. Zool. Beitr. 34: 311-356
• Iconographie g©n©rale des ophidiens. En collaboration avec F. Sordelli. Paris, etc., J.B. Bailli©·re et fils, etc., 1860-1881. FRE url p. 6.
• Laurent (1945) Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 38: 312-343
• Laurent (1950) Mem. Inst. Roy. nat. Belg. (2) 38: 1-49
• Laurent, R.F. (1950): Revision du genre Atractaspis A. SMITH - Mem. Inst. Roy. nat. Belg. 38 (ser.2), pp. 1-49
• Loveridge (1955) Sudan Notes Rec. 36: 15
• Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zo©logy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge [Mass.]: The Museum, 1876-1938. ENG url p. 131.
• Natur und Museum. Frankfurt am Main. MUL url p. 36.
• Pauwels et al. (1996) Br. Herp. Soc. Bull. No. 56: 27-34
• Perret (1961) Bull. Soc. neuchâtel. Sci. nat., 84: 133.
• Phyletic analysis of fifty characters of advanced snakes [by] Hymen Marx and George B. Rabb. [Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History]1972. ENG url p. 286.
• Rasmussen et al. (1996) Steenstrupia 22: 13-39
• Reinhardt (1843) Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandl. 10: 233-279.
• Relationships and zoogeography of the viperine snakes, family Viperidae [by] Hymen Marx and George B. Rabb. [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1965. ENG url p. 162.
• Reptiles and batrachians, by E. G. Boulenger, with numerous illustrations. London, J. M. Dent & sons, ltd.:[1914] ENG url p. 180.
• Schmidt (1923) Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist., New York, 49 (1): 1-146
• Schmidt (1943) Field Mus. nat. Hist (ser. zool.) 24: 331- 338.
• Spawls et al. (2001) A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa, Academic Press, 543 pp.
• Sternfeld (1908) S.Ber. Ges. naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1908: 92-95
• The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, ENG url p. 534.
• The palatal dentition in squamate reptiles: morphology, development, attachment, and replacement / D. Luke Mahler, Maureen Kearney. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, c2006. ENG url p. 31.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. ENG url p. 1196.
• Trape et al. (1995) J. Afr. Zool. 109 (1): 31-50
• Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Africa-Expedition, 1910-1911, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs. Leipzig, Klinkhardt & Biermann[1913- GER url p. 409, p. 489.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 18, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2536722
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-3447
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 610286

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