| Atractaspis boulengeri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Atractaspididae |
| Genus: | Atractaspis |
| Species: | A. boulengeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Atractaspis boulengeri Mocquard, 1897 |
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Atractaspis boulengeri, or the Central African burrowing asp, is a species of venomous snake in the Atractaspididae family.[1] It is endemic to Africa.[2] The specific epithet, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.