Amblyodipsas katangensis
# Amblyodipsas katangensis

Amblyodipsas katangensis, or the Katanga purple-glossed snake, is a species of rear-fanged mildly venomous snake in the family Lamprophiidae. The species is endemic to Africa.

## Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

* Amblyodipsas katangensis ionidesi Loveridge, 1951
* Amblyodipsas katangensis katangensis de Witte & Laurent, 1942

## Geographic range

A. katangensis katangensis is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. A. katangensis ionidesi is found in Tanzania.

## Etymology

The subspecific name, ionidesi, is in honor of British game warden Constantine John Philip Ionides (1901–1968), who was known as the "Snake Man of British East Africa".

## Reproduction

A. katangensis is oviparous.

* 1 2 3 4 Amblyodipsas katangensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2018.
* ↑ "Amblyodipsas katangensis de Witte and Laurent, 1942". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
* ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amblyodipsas katangensis ionidesi, p. 130).
