Polemon neuwiedi

Polemon neuwiedi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Atractaspididae
Genus: Polemon
Species:
P. neuwiedi
Binomial name
Polemon neuwiedi
(Jan, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Microsoma neuwiedi
    Jan, 1858
  • Elapomorphus (Urobelus) neuwiedi
    — Jan, 1866
  • Miodon neuwiedii
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Cynodontophis neuwiedi
    — de Witte & Laurent, 1947
  • Polemon neuwiedi
    — Welch, 1994

Polemon neuwiedi, called commonly the Ivory Coast snake-eater or Neuwied's polemon, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae. The species is endemic to West Africa.

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