Atheris nitschei
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Viperoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Atheris
Species: Atheris nitschei
Name
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Tornier, G. 1902. Herpetologisch neues aus Deutsch-Ost-Afrika. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 15(2): 578–590. BHL Reference page.
- Boulenger, G.A. 1906. Description of a new Tree-Viper from Mount Ruwenzori. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 18: 37–38. BHL
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Atheris nitschei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 January 2023.
- Branch, W.R., Wagner, P., Safari, I., Chenga, J. & Kusamba, C. 2021. IUCN: Atheris nitschei (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T44980169A44980174. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44980169A44980174.en. Accessed on 17 January 2023.