Amblyodipsas rodhaini

Amblyodipsas rodhaini, commonly known as Rodhain's purple-glossed snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae.^[2][3] The species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1][2]

Amblyodipsas rodhaini
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. rodhaini
Binomial name
Amblyodipsas rodhaini (de Witte, 1930)
Synonyms[2]
Rhinocalamus rhodaini [sic] de Witte, 1930 Calamelaps rodhaini — de Witte & Laurent, 1947 Amblyodipsas rodhaini — Welch, 1994

Etymology

Both the specific name, rodhaini, and the common name, Rodhain's purple-glossed snake, are in honor of Belgian physician and zoologist Jérome Alphonse Hubert Rodhain (1876–1956).^[4]

Reproduction

A. rodhaini is oviparous.^[2]