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Atractaspis duerdeni, commonly known as the beaked burrowing asp or Duerden's burrowing asp, is a species of venomous snake in the Atractaspididae family.
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Etymology
The specific epithet, duerdeni, is in honor of James Edwin Duerden, Ph.D., (1865-1937) of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Geographic range
A. duerdeni is endemic to Africa.
Description
A. duerdeni is cream-colored above and below. The dorsal scales are in 21 rows at midbody. Ventrals 199; anal entire; subcaudals 22, all except the first entire. Snout prominent, subcuneiform. Rostral with a rounded horizontal edge, the portion visible from above a little longer than its distance from the frontal.
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