» Common names: Mole vipers, stiletto snakes, burrowing asps. The Atractaspididae are a family of venomous snakes found in Africa and the Middle East. Currently, 12 genera are recognized. Description This family includes many genera formerly classed in other families, on the basis of fang type. It includes fangless (aglyphous), rear-fanged (opisthoglyphous), fixed-fanged (proteroglyphous), and viper-like (solenoglyphous) species. Molecular and physiological data linking this family to others is… (More on Atractaspididae)