Atheris barbouri

Atheris barbouri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Atheris
Species: Atheris barbouri

Name

Atheris barbouri Loveridge, 1930: 107

• Holotype: MCZ 29055, ♂, collected by A. Loveridge on 1 January 1930.
• Type locality: “Dabaga, Uzungwa Mountains, southeast of Iringa, Tanganyika Territory [=Tanzania]”.

References

Primary references

• Loveridge, A. 1930. Preliminary description of a new tree viper of the genus Atheris from Tanganyika Territory. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 11: 107–108.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Atheris barbouri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 October 2018.
• Msuya, C.A., Ngalason, W., Howell, K., Spawls, S. & Joger, U. 2019. IUCN: Atheris barbouri  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T178617A46182303. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178617A46182303.en. Accessed on 14 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Uzungwe Mountain Bush Viper