Summary ¹

Chilorhinophis gerardi, or Gerard's black and yellow burrowing snake, is a species of venomous snake in the Atractaspididae family. It is endemic to Africa, where it is found in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly known as Zaire), Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Distribution ²

Continent: Africa
Distribution: S Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania  Terra typica: Kikondja (Katanga) [Congo]  tanganyikae: W Tanzania, SE Zaire, N Zambia;
Type locality: Nyamkolo, Lake Tanganyika, Zambia.

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1. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilorhinophis_gerardi
2. (c) Peter Uetz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/14306762

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