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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]
Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, died on either 10 or 12 August, 30 BC, in Alexandria, when she was 39 years old.According to popular belief, Cleopatra killed herself by allowing an asp (Egyptian cobra) to bite her, but according to the Roman-era writers Strabo, Plutarch, and Cassius Dio, Cleopatra poisoned herself using either a toxic ointment or by introducing the poison ...
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.
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 ...
Atractaspis andersonii, the Arabian small-scaled burrowing asp, is a species of snake from the Atractaspis genus. It lives in dry desert regions in Saudi Arabia, Israel, Oman, Yemen and Jordan. The species was scientifically described by George Albert Boulenger in 1905. [2]
Atractaspis aterrima, commonly known as the slender burrowing asp or mole viper, is a species of fossorial, venomous snake in the family Atractaspididae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The specific epithet , aterrima , meaning "blackest", is the superlative form of the Latin adjective ater , meaning "black".
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Revoil's short snake Africa Chilorhinophis: F. Werner, 1907 3 Africa Hypoptophis: Boulenger, 1908 1 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 ...