title: Atractaspis boulengeri
text: # Atractaspis boulengeri
  
  Atractaspis boulengeri, also known commonly as Boulenger's mole viper, the Central African burrowing asp, and simply the mole viper, is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Atractaspidinae of the family Lamprophiidae. The species is endemic to Africa. There are six recognized subspecies.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  A. boulengeri is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitats of A. boulengeri are forest and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes of 10–1,000 m (33–3,281 ft).
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  A. boulengeri is oviparous.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  The following six subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized as being valid.
  
  * Atractaspis boulengeri boulengeri Mocquard, 1897
  * Atractaspis boulengeri matschiensis F. Werner, 1897
  * Atractaspis boulengeri mixta Laurent, 1945
  * Atractaspis boulengeri schmidti Laurent, 1945
  * Atractaspis boulengeri schultzei Sternfeld, 1917
  * Atractaspis boulengeri vanderborghti Laurent, 1956
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific epithet, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.
  
  