THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Atractaspididae · Clear filter
44 records · page 1 of 1
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Purple-glossed SnakeAmblyodipsas microphthalma (Bianconi, 1852) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amblyodipsas polylepis (Bocage, 1873) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rodhain's Purple-glossed SnakeAmblyodipsas rodhaini (de Witte, 1930) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kalahari Purple-glossed SnakeAmblyodipsas ventrimaculata (Roux, 1907) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-headed Centipede EaterAparallactus capensis Smith, 1849 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black Centipede EaterAparallactus guentheri Boulenger, 1895 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jackson’s centipede-eaterAparallactus jacksonii (Günther, 1888) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Forest Centipede-eaterAparallactus modestus (Günther, 1859) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zaire Centipede-eater.Aparallactus moeruensis de Witte & Laurent, 1943 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arabian Small-Scaled Burrowing AspAtractaspis andersonii Boulenger, 1905 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bibron’s Stiletto SnakeAtractaspis bibronii Smith, 1849 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Branch’s Stiletto SnakeAtractaspis branchi Rödel, Kucharzewski, Mahlow, Chirio, Pauwels, Carlino, Sambolah & Glos, 2019 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Congo Stiletto SnakeAtractaspis congica Peters, 1877 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mole ViperAtractaspis corpulenta (Hallowell, 1854) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Israeli Mole ViperAtractaspis engaddensis Haas, 1950 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mole ViperAtractaspis engdahli Lönnberg & Andersson, 1913 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mole ViperAtractaspis leucomelas Boulenger, 1895 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Magretti’s Burrowing AspAtractaspis magrettii Scortecci, 1929 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| (Western) Small-Scaled Burrowing AspAtractaspis microlepidota Günther, 1866 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sahelian Burrowing AspAtractaspis micropholis Günther, 1872 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Phillips’ Burrowing AspAtractaspis phillipsi Barbour, 1913 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mole ViperAtractaspis reticulata Sjöstedt, 1896 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Watson’s Burrowing AspAtractaspis watsoni Boulenger, 1908 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Congo Two-headed SnakeChilorhinophis gerardi (Boulenger, 1913) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped Dwarf Garter SnakeHomoroselaps dorsalis (Smith, 1849) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spotted Harlequin SnakeHomoroselaps lacteus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| African Bighead SnakeHypoptophis wilsonii Boulenger, 1908 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kwazulu-Natal Black SnakeMacrelaps microlepidotus (Günther, 1860) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Reinhardt's Snake-eaterPolemon acanthias (Reinhardt, 1861) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Guinea Snake-eaterPolemon barthii Jan, 1858 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bocourt's Snake-eaterPolemon bocourti Mocquard, 1897 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern Snake-eaterPolemon christyi (Boulenger, 1903) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Collared Snake-eaterPolemon collaris (Peters, 1881) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gaboon Snake-eaterPolemon gabonensis (Duméril, 1856) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Graceful Snake-eaterPolemon gracilis (Boulenger, 1911) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cameroon Snake-eaterPolemon griseiceps (Laurent, 1947) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ivory Coast Snake-eaterPolemon neuwiedi (Jan, 1858) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Polemon notatus (Peters, 1882) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zaire Snake-eaterPolemon robustus (de Witte & Laurent, 1943) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Slender Quill-snouted SnakeXenocalamus bicolor Günther, 1868 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elongate Quill-snouted SnakeXenocalamus mechowii Peters, 1881 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Michell's Quill-snouted SnakeXenocalamus michelli Müller, 1911 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sabi Quill-snouted SnakeXenocalamus sabiensis Broadley, 1971 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Speckled Quill-snouted SnakeXenocalamus transvaalensis Methuen, 1919 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.