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Teitana Purple-glossed Snake

Amblyodipsas teitana

Potentially dangerous

Classification

Amblyodipsas teitana, also known as the Taita Hills purple-glossed snake or Teitana purple-glossed snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae. It is endemic to the Taita Hills in Kenya, and only known from the holotype, a 43 cm (16. 9 in) female, first identified as Calamelaps unicolor by Arthur Loveridge in 1936.

Distribution

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