Bitis caudalis
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Bitis
Species: Bitis caudalis
Name
[edit]- Bitis caudalis (Smith, 1839)
Syntypes (5): BMNH 1865.5.4.15a-e, 3 ♂, 2 ♀.
Type locality: “sandy districts north of the Cape Colony”, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
Combinations
[edit]- Vipera (Cerastes) caudalis Smith, 1839: unpaginated; plate VII [original combination, replacement name]
- Bitis caudalis — Boulenger, 1896: 498 [name combination]
Synonyms
[edit]- Vipera ocellata Smith, 1838: 92 [preoccupied by Vipera ocellata Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille, 1801]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Smith, A. 1838. Contributions to the Natural History of Southern Africa. Magazine of Natural History 2: 92–94. BHL Reference page.
- Smith, A. 1838–1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; Consisting Chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected During an Expedition Into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; Fitted Out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa.” Published Under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. Reptilia. Vol. 2. Smith, Elder and Co.: London. [100] + 28 pp., pls. 1–78. BHL Reference page.
- Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum Volume III: containing the Colubridae (Opisthoglyphae and Proteroglyphae), Amblycephalidae, and Viperidae. Taylor & Francis: London. xiv + 727 pp. BHL
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bitis caudalis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 September 2017.
Vernacular names
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