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Atractaspis congica Peters, 1877

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Lamprophiidae
genus
Atractaspis
species
Atractaspis congica

Name

Homonyms
Atractaspis congica Peters, 1877
Common names
Congo Stiletto Snake in English
Congo Stiletto Snake in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Auerbach,R.D. (1987) The Amphibians and Reptiles of Botswana.: Mokwepa Consultants, Botswana, 295 pp.
  2. Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. (1995) The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883).: SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp.
  3. Broadley, D.G. (1991) The Herpetofauna of Northern Mwinilunga Distr., Northw. Zambia.: Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9 (37): 519-538
  4. Broadley, D.G.; Doria, C.T. & Wigge, J. (2003) Snakes of Zambia. An Atlas and Field Guide.: Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 280 pp. [review in Sauria 26 (3): 21]
  5. Broadley, Donald G. and F. P. D. Cotterill. (2004) The reptiles of southeast Katanga, an overlooked 'hot spot'. [Congo].: African Journal of Herpetology 53 (1): 35-61.
  6. Chifundera, K. (1990) Snakes of Zaire and their bites.: Afr. Stud. Monogr. (Kyoto) 10(3): 137-157.
  7. Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. (2007) Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun.: MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp.
  8. Dobiey, M. & Vogel, G. (2007) Venomous Snakes of Africa/Giftschlangen Afrikas.: Terralog 15, Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 150 pp.
  9. Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch (2013) Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist.: Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115
  10. Hughes, B. (1983) African snake faunas.: Bonn. Zool. Beitr. 34: 311-356
  11. Laurent, R.F. (1945) Contribution a la connaissance du Genre Atractaspis A. Smith.: Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 38: 312-343
  12. Laurent,R.F. (1950) Reptiles nouveaux des Kundelungu.: Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. (Bruxelles) 43 (4): 349-352
  13. Perret (1961) Bull. Soc. neuchâtel. Sci. nat., 84: 133.
  14. Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig (1877) Übersicht der Amphibien aus Chinchoxo (Westafrika), welche von der Africanischen Gesellschaft dem Berliner zoologischen Museum übergeben sind.: Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1877 (October): 611-620
  15. Trape, J.F. & R. ROUX-ESTÈVE (1995) Les serpents du Congo: liste commentée et clé de détermination.: Journal of African Zoology 109 (1): 31-50
  16. Wagner, Philipp; Esther Townsend, Michael Barej, Dennis Rödder, Stephen Spawls (2009) First record of human envenomation by Atractaspis congica Peters, 1877 (Squamata: Atractaspididae).: Toxicon 54: 368–372
  17. Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy (2014) Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species.: Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  18. Witte, G. F. de (1933) Reptiles récoltés au Conge Belge par le Dr. H. Schouteden et par M. G.-F. Witte.: Ann. Mus. Conge belge Zool. Ser. 1 Tome III: 53-100.
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