Amblyodipsas concolor

Amblyodipsas concolor, also known as the KwaZulu-Natal purple-glossed snake or Natal purple-glossed snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the Atractaspididae family.^[1][2]

Amblyodipsas concolor
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Atractaspididae
Genus:	Amblyodipsas
Species:	A. concolor
Binomial name
Amblyodipsas concolor (A. Smith, 1849)
Synonyms[2]
Choristodon (Choristocalamus) concolor A. Smith, 1849 Calamelaps ? [sic] concolor – Boulenger, 1896 Amblyodipsas concolor – Boycott, 1992

Geographic range

It is endemic to Southern Africa.^[3] More specifically it is found in the northeastern and eastern parts of the Republic of South Africa and in Eswatini.^[1][2] Its range probably extends into southern Mozambique.^[1]

Eating a giant legless skink

Description

Dorsally dark brown or purple-black, with purple gloss. Ventrally pale blackish purple, the ventrals margined behind with livid white. Dorsal scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 133–157; subcaudals 28–39. Total length 19 cm (7+1⁄2 in); tail 28 mm (1+1⁄8 in).^[4]