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Atheris nitschei

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Atheris nitschei

Taxonavigation

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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 nitschei

Name

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Atheris nitschei Tornier, 1902: 589

  • Syntypes (n=2): ZMB 17669, collected by Eggel and ZMB 20480, collected by H. Ziemann between 1900–1901.
  • Type locality: “Mpororosumpf, zwischen den Papyrusstauden [=Mpororo Swamp]”, Rwanda.

Synonyms

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  • Atheris woosnami Boulenger, 1906: 37
    • Syntypes (n=4): BMNH 1946.1.19.60-63, obtained by Richard B. Woosnam.
    • Type locality: “on the east side of Ruwenzori, between 6000 and 6500 feet altitude”.

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Great Lakes Bush Viper
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