Western Forest Stiletto Snake
Atractaspis aterrima
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Reptiles
Atractaspis aterrima, commonly known as the slender burrowing asp or mole viper, is a species of fossorial, venomous snake in the family Atractaspididae. The specific epithet, aterrima, meaning "blackest", is the superlative form of the Latin adjective ater, meaning "black".
Classification
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Atractaspididae
- Genus
- Atractaspis