Bitis nasicornis

Bitis nasicornis

Navigazione

Navigazione: 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: Bitis
Subgenus: Bitis (Macrocerastes)
Species: Bitis nasicornis

Nome

Bitis nasicornis (Shaw & Nodder, 1792)

• Holotype: BMNH, collected by E. Jenkins. [lost fide Golay et al. (1993: 262)]
• Località tipo: “interior parts of Africa”.

Combinations

• Coluber nasicornis Shaw, 1792: pl. 94 [original combination]
• Vipera nasicornis — Daudin, 1803 [subsequent combination]
• Clotho nasicornis — Gray, 1842 [subsequent combination]
• Echidna nasicornis — Hallowell, 1857 [subsequent combination]
• Bitis nasicornis — Büttikofer, 1890 [subsequent combination]

Riferimenti

Primary references

• Shaw, G. & Nodder, F.P. 1789–1813. The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. Nodder & Co., London. 24 vols., unnumbered pages in 287 parts. BHL Reference page. 

Collegamenti

• Penner, J., Rödel, M.-O., Luiselli, L., Trape, J.-F., Spawls, S., Malonza, P.K., Beraduccii, J., Chippaux, J.-P., LeBreton, M., Kusamba, C. & Gonwouo, N.L. 2021. IUCN: Bitis nasicornis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13300910A13300919. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T13300910A13300919.en. Accessed on 27 January 2026.

Nomi comuni

• English: African Nose-horned Adder