Atheris mabuensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

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

Atheris mabuensis Branch & Bayliss, 2009: 44

Holotype: PEM R17901, ♂, collected by local hunter on 20 October 2008.
Type locality: “main forest camp, Mount Mabu (16°17’12”S, 36°24’14”E, 1000m a.s.l., Zambezia Prov., northern Mozambique”.

Branch, W.R. & Bayliss, J. 2009. A new species of Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) from northern Mozambique. Zootaxa 2113(1): 41–54. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2113.1.2 Reference page.

Conradie, W., Branch, W.R. & Watson, G. 2019. Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata). Zootaxa 4576(1): 1–45. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.1 Reference page.

Tolley, K.A., Farooq, H., Verburgt, L., Alexander, G.J., Conradie, W., Raimundo, A. & Sardinha, C.I.V. 2019. IUCN: Atheris mabuensis (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44980150A44980152. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44980150A44980152.en. Accessed on 08 May 2022.