Polemon robustus, or the Zaire snake-eater, is a species of rear-fanged mildly venomous snake in the family Atractaspididae.[2] The species is endemic to Africa.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Atractaspididae |
| Genus: | Polemon |
| Species: | P. robustus
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| Polemon robustus | |
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Geographic range
editPolemon robustus is found in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
References
edit- ^ a b Polemon at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 May 2009.
- ^ "Polemon ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
Further reading
edit- de Witte GF, Laurent RF (1947). "Revision d'un groupe de Colubridae africains: genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus, et formes affines ". Mém. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. Belgique (sér. 2) 29: 1–134. (Miodon robustus, new species, p. 62). (in French).
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