NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2017

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Atractaspidinae
  Family - Lamprophiidae
  Infraorder - Alethinophidia
  Suborder - Serpentes
  Order - Squamata
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Atractaspis aterrima
      Species - Atractaspis battersbyi
      Species - Atractaspis bibronii
      Species - Atractaspis boulengeri
      Species - Atractaspis congica
      Species - Atractaspis corpulenta
      Species - Atractaspis dahomeyensis
      Species - Atractaspis duerdeni
      Species - Atractaspis engdahli
      Species - Atractaspis irregularis
      Species - Atractaspis leucomelas
      Species - Atractaspis microlepidota
      Species - Atractaspis reticulata
      Species - Atractaspis scorteccii
      Species - Atractaspis engaddensis
      Species - Atractaspis fallax
      Species - Atractaspis micropholis
      Species - Atractaspis watsoni
      Species - Atractaspis phillipsi
      Species - Atractaspis magrettii
      Species - Atractaspis andersonii