Atractaspis corpulenta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

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

Subspecies: A. c. corpulenta – A. c. kivuensis – A. c. leucura

Name

Atractaspis corpulenta (Hallowell, 1854)

Synonyms

• Brachycranion corpulentum Hallowell, 1854: 99 (Original combination)
• Atractaspis leucura Mocquard, 1885

References

Primary references

• Hallowell, E. 1854. Remarks on the geographic distribution of reptiles, with descriptions of several species supposed to be new, and corrections of former papers. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7: 98–105. BHL Reference page. 
• Mocquard, F. 1885. Sur une nouvelle espèce d’Atractaspis (A. leucura) (In French). Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris 7ª Série 10(1): 14–18, pl. 5. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Atractaspis corpulenta. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 February 2020.

Vernacular names

• English: Fat Burrowing Asp