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European asp, Vipera aspis "Asp" is the modern anglicisation of the word "aspis", which in antiquity referred to any one of several venomous snake species found in the Nile region. [1] The specific epithet, aspis, is a Greek word that means "viper". [2] It is believed that aspis referred to what is now known as the Egyptian cobra. [3]
Its common names include asp, asp viper, [5] European asp, [6] and aspic viper, [7] among others. Like all other vipers, it is venomous . Bites from this species can be more severe than from the European adder, V. berus ; not only can they be very painful, but approximately 4% of all untreated bites are fatal. [ 7 ]
Atractaspis phillipsi, the Phillips’ burrowing asp or the Phillips erdviper, is a species of snake from the Atractaspis genus native to Sudan and South Sudan. The species was described in by Barbour in 1913.
Atractaspis duerdeni, commonly known as the beaked burrowing asp, [2] Duerden's burrowing asp, [3] and Duerden's stiletto snake, [2] is a species of venomous snake in the family Atractaspididae. [4] The species is native to southern Africa .
African bighead snake Africa Homoroselaps [15] Jan, 1858 2 harlequin snakes Southern Africa Macrelaps: Boulenger, 1896 1 Natal black snake Africa Micrelaps: Boettger, 1880 4 two-headed snakes Africa, Middle-East Poecilopholis: Boulenger, 1903 1 Cameroon racer Africa Polemon: Jan, 1858 13 snake-eaters Africa Xenocalamus: Günther, 1868 5 quill ...
Central African burrowing asp Africa: the forests of the western Congo River basin. A. branchi: Rödel et al., 2019 Branch's stiletto snake Africa: from Liberia to Guinea A. congica: W. Peters, 1877 leleupi orientalis: Congo burrowing asp Africa: from the mouth of the Congo River south to Angola, south-eastern DR Congo and northern Zambia. A ...
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Atractaspis andersonii, the Arabian small-scaled burrowing asp, is a species of snake in the family Atractaspididae. It lives in dry desert regions in Saudi Arabia, Israel, Oman, Yemen and Jordan. The species was first described by George Albert Boulenger in 1905.