Atractaspis branchi

Atractaspis branchi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Atractaspididae
Subfamilia: Atractaspidinae
Genus: Atractaspis
Species: Atractaspis branchi

Name

Atractaspis branchi Rödel, Kucharzewski, Mahlow, Chirio, Pauwels, Carlino, Sambolah & Glos 2019: 108

• Holotype: ZMB 88529 (field number RG97), subadult ♀, collected by M.-O. Rödel, G. Sambolah & J. Glos on 6 April 2018.
• Type locality: “Liberia, Lofa region, Foya Forest, 08°01'16.2"N, 010°25'31.4"W, 317 m a.s.l.,

near a small rocky creek in primary lowland rainforest”.

References

Primary references

• Rödel, M-O., Kucharzewski, C., Mahlow, K., Chirio, L., Pauwels, O., Carlino, P., Sambolah, G. & Glos, J. 2019. A new stiletto snake (Lamprophiidae, Atractaspidinae, Atractaspis) from Liberia and Guinea, West Africa. Zoosystematics and Evolution 95: 107–123. DOI: 10.3897/zse.95.31488 Reference page. 

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Vernacular names

English: Branch’s Stiletto Snake