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Amblyodipsas dimidiata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Scientific name
  
Amblyodipsas dimidiata

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Squamata

Family
  
Atractaspididae

Rank
  
Species

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

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Geographic range

It is endemic to Tanzania.

Description

Black dorsally; white ventrally, and on upper lip, and on three lower rows of dorsal scales on each side.

Rostral very large, portion visible from above longer than its distance from the frontal; internasals more than twice as broad as long; supraoculars very small. Six upper labials, the third in contact with nasal and the prefrontal, third and fourth entering the eye, fifth largest and in contact with the parietal.

Dorsal scales smooth, without pits, arranged in 17 rows. Ventrals 192-215; anal divided; subcaudals 20-27, divided.

Adults may attain a total length of 47 cm (18 12 in), which includes a tail 3 cm (1 18 in) long.

References

Amblyodipsas dimidiata Wikipedia