Atractaspis (Serpentes, Atractaspididae) the burrowing asp; a multidisciplinary minireview
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African fossorial colubroid snakes of the genus Atractaspis have relatively long fangs on short maxillae, a gap separating the pterygoid and palatine bones, a toothless pterygoid, and a snout tightly attached to the rest of the skull. They envenomate prey with a unilateral backward stab of one fang projected from a closed mouth. We combined structural reanalysis of the feeding apparatus, video ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of The Natural History Museum. Zoology Series
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0968-0470,1475-2980
DOI: 10.1017/s0968047002000109