Bitis peringueyi

Bitis peringueyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: 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 (Calechidna)
Species: Bitis peringueyi

Name

Bitis peringueyi (Boulenger, 1888)

• Holotype: SAM R 78627, collected by L.A. Péringuey between 1884–1889. [lost fide Stander in Golay et al. (1993: 263)]
• Type locality: “Damaraland, 10 miles east of Walfisch Bay”.

Combinations

• Vipera peringueyi Boulenger, 1888: 141 [original combination]
• Bitis peringueyi — Boulenger, 1896 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1888. On new or little known South African reptiles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6 2: 136–141.

Links

• Conradie, W., Becker, F., Baptista, N., Bauer, A.M. & Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2021. IUCN: Bitis peringueyi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T178627A120595367. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T178627A120595367.en. Accessed on 10 May 2023.

Vernacular names

• English: Peringuey's Adder

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