Summary ²

Amblyodipsas polylepis, or the common purple-glossed snake, is a species of venomous rear-fanged snake in the Atractaspididae family.

Distribution ³

Continent: Africa
Distribution: Angola, Namibia, Botswana, S Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Republic of South Africa (Transvaal, Natal, Swaziland), E/S Tanzania, coastal Kenya, Somalia  hildebrandtii: coastal Kenya, E/S Tanzania, Somalia;
Type locality: Zanzibar.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Nick Schaller, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nick Schaller
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblyodipsas_polylepis
3. (c) Peter Uetz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/14305035

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HerpMapper
• Snake Database
• The Reptile Database
• VertNet

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