Atheris ceratophora

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Atheris ceratophora Werner, 1896: 194

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.18.23 (formerly BMNH 1895.4.8.5), ♀, collected by A. Müller between 1893–1895.
Type locality: “Usambara (Deutsch-Ostafrika [=Tanzania])”.

Werner, F. [1895] 1896. Ueber einige Reptilien aus Usambara (Deutsch-Ostafrica). Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 45: 190–195. BHL

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Atheris ceratophora. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 October 2018.
Spawls, S. & Joger, U. 2019. IUCN: Atheris ceratophora (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T178563A46182773. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178563A46182773.en. Accessed on 14 June 2023.

English: Usambara Bush Viper