Atheris mongoensis

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 mongoensis

Name

Atheris mongoensis Collet & Trape, 2020: 29

• Holotype: MNHN-RA-2019.0030, ♂, collected by native between June and September 2019.
• Type locality: “environs de Mbandaka”, Province of Équateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

References

Primary references

• 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 mongoensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Mongo Hairy Bush Viper