Atheris acuminata

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 acuminata

Name

Atheris acuminata Broadley, 1998: 129

• Holotype: NMZB 13950, adult ♂, collected by C. Allen on 3 May 1994.
• Type locality: “forest near Nsere Lodge, Kyambura Game Reserve, Ankole District, western Uganda (00°09’S: 30°08’) at an altitude of ca. 950 m”.

References

Primary references

• Broadley, D.G. 1998. A review of the genus Atheris Cope (Serpentes: Viperidae), with the description of a new species from Uganda. Herpetological Journal 8(3): 117–136. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Atheris acuminata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 October 2018.
• Spawls, S. & Wagner, P. 2019. IUCN: Atheris acuminata  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44980097A44980102. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44980097A44980102.en. Accessed on 09 May 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Acuminate Bush Viper