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Hypoptophis wilsonii
Sign in to saveCommon names: African bighead snake, wedge-snouted burrowing snake. Hypoptophis is a monotypic genus created for the rear-fanged (opisthoglyphous) mildly venomous snake species, Hypoptophis wilsonii. The species, which is endemic to Africa, is in the subfamily Aparallactinae of the family Atractaspididae. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.
Species
African Bighead Snake
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyAtractaspididae
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- Specimen records
- 1
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- 1
- Family
- Atractaspididae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- Zambia
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- Hypoptophis wilsonii
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
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- H. wilsonii
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Common names: African bighead snake, wedge-snouted burrowing snake. Hypoptophis is a monotypic genus created for the rear-fanged (opisthoglyphous) mildly venomous snake species, Hypoptophis wilsonii. The species, which is endemic to Africa, is in the subfamily Aparallactinae of the family Atractaspididae. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.
==Geographic range== Hypoptophis wilsonii is found in Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), and Zambia.
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