Atheris anisolepis

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 anisolepis

Name

Atheris anisolepis Mocquard, 1887: 89

• Lectotype: MNHN 1886.242. [designated by Broadley (1998: 128)]
• Type locality: “Alima [River], Leketi, Congo”.

References

Primary references

• Mocquard, F. 1887. Sur les ophidiens rapportés du Congo par la Mission de Brazza. Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris 11: 62–92. BHL
• 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. 

Additional references

• Lawson, D.P. & Ustach, P.C. 2000. A redescription of Atheris squamigera (Serpentes, Viperidae) with comments on the validity of Atheris anisolepis. Journal of Herpetology 34(3): 386–389. DOI: 10.2307/1565361 Reference page. 
• Collet, M. & Trape, J.-F. 2020. Une nouvelle espèce du genre Atheris Cope, 1862, de la province de l’Équateur en République Démocratique du Congo (Squamata: Viperidae). Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 173: 27–40. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Atheris anisolepis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 October 2018.
• Kusamba, C., Chirio, L., Chippaux, J.-P. & Zassi-Boulou, A.-G. 2021. IUCN: Atheris anisolepis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T120692929A120907473. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T120692929A120907473.en. Accessed on 14 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Mayombe Bush Viper